Spring Potato Crop Collapse
WASHINGTON - May 10/16 - SNS -- Spring potato production in the United States for 2016 is forecast at 16.7 million cwt (100 pound units), down 18% from 2015, according to the latest USDA crop report.
Planted area is forecast at 52,000 acres, a 5% decrease from the March intentions. Area for harvest is forecast at 50,900 acres, down 26% from the previous year. The average yield forecast, at 328 cwt per acre, is up 32 cwt from 2015.
Spring Potato Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015 and Forecasted May 1, 2016
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: Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016
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: ---------------- 1,000 acres --------------- ------ cwt ------ ---- 1,000 cwt ----
:
Arizona 1/ .........: 3.6 (NA) 3.5 (NA) 290 (NA) 1,015 (NA)
California .........: 23.0 25.0 22.7 24.7 430 410 9,761 10,127
Florida ............: 30.0 27.0 29.6 26.2 230 250 6,808 6,550
North Carolina 2/ ..: 13.5 (NA) 12.7 (NA) 210 (NA) 2,667 (NA)
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United States ......: 70.1 52.0 68.5 50.9 296 328 20,251 16,677
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates discontinued in 2016.
2/ Beginning in 2016, North Carolina estimates included with summer states.
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