U.S. Summer Potato Harvest Sinks
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/13 - SNS - Summer potato production is forecast at 16.4 million cwt (100 poundn units), down 8% from 2012, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Harvested area is estimated at 45,700 acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but 6% below last year. Average yield is forecast at 358 cwt per acre, down 10 cwt from 2012.
Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Seasonal Group - States and United States: 2012 and 2013
[Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. Current year
estimates are for the full 2013 crop year. Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
Seasonal group :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and State : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013
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: --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- ------ cwt ----- ---- 1,000 cwt ---
:
Spring 1/ :
Arizona .................: 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.8 225 280 833 1,064
California ..............: 29.5 24.0 29.0 24.0 400 390 11,600 9,360
Florida .................: 37.0 30.9 36.6 29.7 244 240 8,917 7,128
Hastings area .........: 23.5 (NA) 23.3 (NA) 240 (NA) 5,592 (NA)
All other areas .......: 13.5 (NA) 13.3 (NA) 250 (NA) 3,325 (NA)
North Carolina ..........: 16.5 14.5 16.0 13.5 200 320 3,200 4,320
Texas ...................: 9.8 (NA) 9.3 (NA) 235 (NA) 2,186 (NA)
:
United States ...........: 96.8 73.2 94.6 71.0 283 308 26,736 21,872
:
Summer :
Colorado ................: 5.4 (NA) 5.3 (NA) 410 (NA) 2,173 (NA)
Delaware ................: 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.4 255 280 408 392
Illinois ................: 7.6 6.0 7.4 5.8 380 370 2,812 2,146
Kansas ..................: 5.5 4.5 5.2 4.3 350 320 1,820 1,376
Maryland ................: 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.5 380 340 836 850
Missouri ................: 9.1 8.5 8.9 8.0 300 260 2,670 2,080
New Jersey ..............: 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1 280 250 644 525
Texas ...................: 11.0 18.0 10.8 17.7 490 460 5,292 8,142
Virginia ................: 5.0 4.0 4.8 3.9 250 220 1,200 858
:
United States ...........: 49.8 47.0 48.5 45.7 368 358 17,855 16,369
:
Fall 2/ :
California ..............: 8.8 9.0 8.8 9.0 490 4,312
Colorado ................: 55.1 54.8 54.6 54.3 385 21,021
San Luis ..............: (NA) 49.7 (NA) 49.3 (NA) (NA)
All other .............: (NA) 5.1 (NA) 5.0 (NA) (NA)
Idaho ...................: 345.0 317.0 344.0 316.0 416 143,240
10 Southwest counties .: 20.0 17.0 20.0 17.0 520 10,400
All other counties ....: 325.0 300.0 324.0 299.0 410 132,840
Maine ...................: 57.5 55.5 57.0 54.0 275 15,675
Massachusetts ...........: 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 350 1,365
Michigan ................: 46.5 47.0 45.5 46.0 350 15,925
Minnesota ...............: 49.0 49.0 47.0 47.0 400 18,800
Montana .................: 12.0 12.0 11.7 11.7 320 3,744
:
Nebraska ................: 23.0 19.0 22.8 18.7 445 10,146
Nevada ..................: 7.1 5.5 7.1 5.5 390 2,769
New Mexico ..............: 6.3 (D) 6.2 (D) 460 2,852
New York ................: 17.0 20.0 16.5 19.5 285 4,703
North Dakota ............: 88.0 84.0 84.0 80.0 300 25,200
Ohio ....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
Oregon ..................: 42.0 40.0 41.9 39.9 550 23,045
Pennsylvania ............: 8.9 8.9 8.6 8.5 260 2,236
Rhode Island ............: (D) 0.6 (D) 0.6 (D) (D)
Washington ..............: 165.0 160.0 164.0 160.0 595 97,580
Wisconsin ...............: 64.5 63.5 64.0 63.0 460 29,440
:
Other States 3/ .........: 2.1 7.7 2.0 7.6 241 482
:
United States ...........: 1,001.7 957.4 989.6 945.2 427 422,535
:
All :
United States ...........: 1,148.3 1,077.6 1,132.7 1,061.9 412 467,126
:
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.
2/ The forecast of fall potato production will be published in "Crop Production" released November 2013.
3/ Includes data withheld above.
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