nd-potatoes-vegetables NEWS RELEASE Potato Stocks June 15, 2005 June 1 Potato Stocks North Dakota Stocks of potatoes totaled 4.80 million hundredweight (cwt) on June 1, 2005 in North Dakota growers, dealers and processors storage facilities, according to the North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Stocks are down 4 percent from last year, but up 78 percent from June 1, 2003. Current stocks represent 18 percent of production, same as last year, but up 12 percent from two years ago. Disappearance from the start of harvest totaled 22.0 million cwt, down 2 percent from 2004, but up 6 percent from two years ago. Disappearance during May totaled 2.40 million cwt. This was below last May's disappearance of 3.30 million cwt and 2.80 million cwt two years ago. Total stocks are defined as all potatoes on hand, regardless of use, including those that will be lost through future shrinkage and dumping. United States The 15 major potato states held 51.0 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2005, up 11 percent from both last year and June 1, 2003. Potatoes in storage account for 13 percent of the 2004 fall storage states' production, 2 percentage points above last year. Disappearance of 352 million cwt of potatoes is down 1 percent from last year and 2 percent below two years ago. Processors in the 9 major States have used 173 million cwt of potatoes this season, down 1 percent from a year ago and 4 percent below two years ago. Dehydrating usage accounts for 36.0 million cwt of the total processing, down 8 percent from last year and 11 percent below the same date in 2003. Fall Potatoes: Production and June 1 Stocks Crop of 2003 Crop of 2004 Stocks Stocks State Production June 1, 2004 Production June 1, 2005 - - 1,000 Cwt - - - - 1,000 Cwt - - North Dakota 27,440 5,000 26,765 4,800 California 3,528 1/ 3,876 1/ Colorado 23,652 2,600 23,148 2,700 Idaho 123,180 19,500 131,970 24,000 Maine 17,030 2,300 19,220 3,000 Michigan 15,015 1/ 13,650 1/ Minnesota 22,330 3,500 18,920 3,500 Montana 3,339 1/ 3,551 1/ Nebraska 9,744 1/ 9,288 1/ New York 6,510 1/ 5,184 1/ Ohio 1,097 1/ 1,080 1/ Oregon 20,991 2,900 19,775 1,800 Pennsylvania 3,375 1/ 2,640 1/ Washington 93,150 7,000 93,810 8,000 Wisconsin 32,800 1,500 30,450 1,800 Other States 1,720 1,400 15 State Total 403,181 46,020 403,327 51,000 1/ Combined into Other States. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: David Knopf, Director North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service NDSU, IACC Bldg., Room 448 P.O. Box 3166 Fargo, ND 58108-3166 Telephone: (701) 239-5306 E-Mail: nass-nd@nass.usda.gov Internet: http://www.nass.usda.gov/nd/