Smaller Potato Crop
WASHINGTON - Sep 11/14 - SNS -- Final production of potatoes from all seasons in 2013 totaled 435 million cwt, down 6% from 2012, according to the USDA's latest crop forecasts.
Area harvested is estimated at 1.05 million acres, down 7% from a year earlier. Average yield, at 414 cwt per acre, was up 5 cwt from 2012.
Production of 2013 fall potatoes is finalized at 395 million cwt, 5% below the 2012 crop. Area harvested, at 930,500 acres, decreased 6% from 2012. The average yield, at 425 cwt per acre, was up 2 cwt from 2012.
Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Seasonal Group - States and United States: 2013 and 2014
[Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. Current year
estimates are for the full 2014 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 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014
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: --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- ----- cwt ----- ---- 1,000 cwt ---
:
Spring 1/ :
Arizona .................: 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.8 280 285 952 1,083
California ..............: 27.0 25.0 26.5 25.0 410 400 10,865 10,000
Florida .................: 30.9 30.5 29.5 30.0 240 247 7,080 7,410
North Carolina ..........: 14.5 14.5 13.5 13.5 240 185 3,240 2,498
:
United States ...........: 75.9 73.8 72.9 72.3 304 290 22,137 20,991
:
Summer 1/ :
Delaware ................: 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 280 300 392 450
Illinois ................: 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.4 370 380 2,479 2,432
Kansas ..................: 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 350 315 1,505 1,323
Maryland ................: 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.3 310 295 651 679
Missouri ................: 9.5 8.6 9.0 8.5 300 270 2,700 2,295
New Jersey ..............: 2.4 2.0 2.4 1.8 230 210 552 378
Texas ...................: 18.0 21.0 17.7 20.6 460 330 8,142 6,798
Virginia ................: 4.0 5.0 3.9 4.9 210 250 819 1,225
:
United States ...........: 48.7 51.3 47.5 50.2 363 310 17,240 15,580
:
Fall 2/ :
California ..............: 7.3 8.0 7.3 8.0 480 3,504
Colorado ................: 54.8 60.2 54.6 59.9 372 20,304
San Luis Valley .......: 49.7 54.2 49.6 54.0 365 18,104
All other areas .......: 5.1 6.0 5.0 5.9 440 2,200
Idaho ...................: 317.0 317.0 316.0 316.0 415 131,131
10 Southwest counties .: 17.0 16.0 17.0 16.0 520 8,840
All other counties ....: 300.0 301.0 299.0 300.0 409 122,291
Maine ...................: 55.0 53.5 54.0 52.5 290 15,660
Massachusetts ...........: 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.5 260 1,014
Michigan ................: 44.5 43.0 44.0 42.5 360 15,840
Minnesota ...............: 46.0 51.0 45.0 49.0 385 17,325
Montana .................: 11.3 10.0 11.1 9.8 310 3,441
:
Nebraska ................: 18.5 19.0 18.3 18.7 460 8,418
Nevada ..................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
New Mexico ..............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
New York ................: 17.5 17.0 17.1 16.5 290 4,959
North Dakota ............: 81.0 86.0 78.0 81.0 290 22,620
Ohio ....................: 1.9 1.3 1.8 1.2 280 504
Oregon ..................: 40.0 39.0 39.6 39.0 545 21,582
Pennsylvania ............: 6.7 5.2 6.6 5.0 290 1,914
Rhode Island ............: 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 260 130
Washington ..............: 160.0 165.0 160.0 165.0 600 96,000
Wisconsin ...............: 62.5 67.0 62.0 66.0 420 26,040
:
Other States 3/ .........: 10.9 9.1 10.7 9.0 457 4,889
:
United States ...........: 939.3 955.4 930.5 943.2 425 395,275
:
All :
United States ...........: 1,063.9 1,080.5 1,050.9 1,065.7 414 434,652
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
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 2014.
3/ Includes data withheld above.
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