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Improved Winter Spud Crop
WASHINGTON - Oct 28/08 - SNS -- California's winter potato production for 2008 is revised to 2.53 million cwt, down 4% from the April estimate but 2% above 2007, according to the USDA's revised crop production and seeded area estimates.
Planted and harvested area in California remains unchanged from April, each at 11,000 acres, down 4% from 2007. Average yield is 230 cwt per acre, 10 cwt below the April estimate but 15 cwt above last year. Growers reported that crop quality was good with few reports of disease or pests.
Winter Potatoes: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield,
and Production by State and United States, 2007-2008
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: Area Planted : Area Harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008
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: 1,000 Acres
CA : 11.5 11.0 11.5 11.0
:---------------------------------------------------------------
: Yield : Production
:---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008
:---------------------------------------------------------------
: -------- Cwt ------- ------ 1,000 Cwt -----
:
CA : 215 230 2,473 2,530
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