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POTATOES


Released September 20, 2002
Seasonal
No. 987-6-02

2001 NEW YORK POTATO VALUE UP

The results of the 2001 potato disposition and utilization survey show the value of New York's 2001 potato crop to be $58.8 million, 13 percent above the 2000 value, according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. Production was down less than 1 percent from 2000 and is a record low production. Sales decreased 2 percent but the average price per hundredweight (cwt.) was $9.90 or $1.20 more than the 2000 price of $8.70.

POTATOES:  Production, farm disposition, season average price, and value,
New York and United States, 2000-2001

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
2000
N.Y. 5,964 517 108 406 5,450 8.70 51,887 47,415
U.S. 513,621 27,145 5,288 43,688 464,645 5.08 2,591,091 2,360,135
2001
N.Y. 5,942 495 100 502 5,340 9.90 58,826 52,866
U.S. 437,888 29,251 5,387 31,208 401,293 6.99 3,057,573 2,084,830

2001 U.S. POTATO PRODUCTION DROPS 15 PERCENT;
VALUE RECORD HIGH

Total 2001 U.S. potato production is estimated at 438 million cwt., down 15 percent from the record high 2000 crop. Harvested area, at 1.22 million acres, shrank 9 percent from a year ago. The average yield of 358 cwt. per acre was down 23 cwt. from 2000 and 1 cwt. below the average yield from the 1999 crop.

Value of all potato production in 2001 was estimated at a record high $3.06 billion, up 18 percent from the previous year. The average price, at $6.99 per cwt., jumped $1.91 from a year earlier.

Sales from the 2001 potato crop totaled 401 million cwt., down 14 percent from 2000. Sales accounted for 92 percent of 2001 production. Non sales accounted for 36.6 million cwt., down 25 percent from the previous 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 251 million cwt. of raw potatoes from the 2001 crop, down 13 percent from a year earlier. Table stock sales totaled 122 million cwt., 12 percent below the previous year. Seed sales of 25.1 million cwt. were up 8 percent. Sales for livestock feed, at 3.50 million cwt., were down 65 percent from a year earlier. A government diversion program at the end of the 2000 potato marketing year purchased 6.87 million cwt. of potatoes that were fed to livestock. Current feeding is more in line with the feed utilization of 3.14 million cwt. in 1999.

POTATOES:  Utilization of Crops, United States, 1998-2001

Utilization Items 1998 1999 2000 1/ 2001
1,000 cwt.
Sales
Table Stock 125,413 134,130 139,146 122,020
Processing
Chips and Shoestrings 51,471 52,916 52,371 54,139
Dehydration 55,522 50,831 54,880 40,745
Frozen French Fries 142,932 140,196 146,869 126,711
Other Frozen Products 24,964 23,593 26,723 23,598
Canned Products 2,730 3,311 2,368 2,590
Other Canned Products
(Hash, Stews, Soups) 1,964 2,394 2,709 1,722
Starch, Flour, and Other 1,585 1,310 1,966 1,158
Total 281,168 274,551 287,886 250,663
Other Sales
Livestock Feed 2/ 3,111 3,141 10,096 3,496
Seed 24,859 25,294 23,353 25,114
Diversion (Other than Feed) - - 4,164 -
Total 27,970 28,435 37,613 28,610
Total Sales 434,551 437,116 464,645 401,293
Non-Sales
Seed Used on Farms Where Grown 4,358 4,415 3,792 4,137
Household Use and Used for Feed
on Farms Where Grown 1,408 1,154 1,496 1,250
Shrinkage and Loss 35,454 35,531 43,688 31,208
Total Non-Sales 41,220 41,100 48,976 36,595
TOTAL PRODUCTION 475,771 478,216 513,621 437,888
1/  Revised.
2/  Includes 6,872 thousand cwt. sold for livestock feed under Government Diversion Program for 2000.

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