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POTATOES


Released September 24, 2001
Seasonal
No. 987-6-01

2000 NEW YORK POTATO PRODUCTION DOWN

The results of the 2000 potato disposition and utilization survey show the value of New York's 2000 potato crop to be $51.9 million, 15 percent below the 1999 value, according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service.

Production was down 12 percent from 1999. Sales decreased 14 percent while the average price per hundredweight (cwt.) was $8.70 or 30 cents less than the 1999 price of $9.00.

POTATOES:  Production, farm disposition, season average price, and value,
New York and United States, 1999-2000

Production Used
for
seed		 Farm Disposition
Used on Farm		 Sold Price
per
cwt.		 Value of
Seed, feed,
household
use		 Shrinkage
and loss		 Production Sales
1,000 cwt. Dollars 1,000 dollars
1999
  N.Y.    6,758      484      95     323    6,340 9.00     60,822     57,060
  U.S. 478,216 29,709 5,569 35,531 437,116 5.77 2,745,712 2,522,286
2000
N.Y.    5,964      517    108      406    5,450 8.70     51,887     47,415
U.S. 513,621 27,435 5,288 43,688 464,645 5.08 2,591,091 2,360,135

RECORD HIGH U.S. POTATO PRODUCTION;
VALUE DROPS 6 PERCENT

Total 2000 U.S. potato production is estimated at 514 million cwt., up 7 percent from 1999, and 3 percent above the previous record high in 1996. Harvested area, at 1.35 million acres, gained 1 percent from 1999. The average yield of 381 cwt. per acre was a record high, up 22 cwt. from 1999.

Value of all potato production in 2000 was estimated at $2.59 billion, down 6 percent from the previous year. The average price, at $5.08 per cwt., fell 69 cents from a year earlier.

Sales from the 2000 potato crop totaled 465 million cwt., up 6 percent from 1999. Sales accounted for 90 percent of 2000 production. Non sales accounted for 49.0 million cwt. of 2000 crop potatoes, up 19 percent from last year. Over the past five years, 91 percent of the potatoes grown have been sold. The other 9 percent were either lost (shrinkage and loss) or used on farms where grown (seed, home use, and livestock feed).

Processors used 288 million cwt. of raw potatoes from the 2000 crop, up 5 percent from 1999. Table stock sales totaled 139 million cwt., 3 percent above last year. Seed sales of 23.6 million cwt. were down 7 percent. Sales for livestock feed, at 10.1 million cwt., was more than triple a year earlier, mainly because of a government diversion program that bought 6.87 million cwt. for feed. The feed category claimed 3.14 million cwt. in 1999.

POTATOES:  Utilization of Crops, United States, 1997-2000

Utilization Items 1997 1998 1/ 19991/ 2000
1,000 cwt.
Sales
  Table Stock 131,670 125,413 134,130 138,615
  Processing
    Chips and Shoestrings 48,130 51,471 52,916 52,385
    Dehydration 48,389 55,522 50,831 54,880
    Frozen French Fries 131,628 142,932 140,196 146,869
    Other Frozen Products 33,397 24,964 23,593 26,793
    Canned Products 2,822 2,730 3,311 2,368
    Other Canned Products
    (Hash, Stews, Soups) 2,675 1,964 2,394 3,044
    Starch, Flour, and Other 1,311 1,585 1,310 1,811
    Total 268,352 281,168 274,551 288,150
  Other Sales
    Livestock Feed 2/ 3,603 3,111 3,141 10,096
    Seed 25,808 24,859 25,294 23,620
    Diversion (Other than Feed) - - - 4,164
    Total 29,411 27,970 28,435 37,880
Total Sales 429,433 434,551 437,116 464,645
Non-Sales
  Seed Used on Farms Where Grown 4,167 4,358 4,415 3,815
  Household Use and Used for Feed
    on Farms Where Grown 1,308 1,408 1,154 1,473
  Shrinkage and Loss 32,183 35,454 35,531 43,688
Total Non-Sales 37,658 41,220 41,100 48,976
TOTAL PRODUCTION 467,091 475,771 478,216 513,621
1/ Revised.
2/ Includes 6,872 thousand cwt. sold for livestock feed under Government Diversion Program for 2000.

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