Summer Potato Crop Shrinking
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/14 SNS -- Production of summer potatoes is forecast at 15.6 million cwt (100 pound units), down 10% from 2013, according to the USDA's latest crop production forecast.
Harvested area is estimated at 50,200 acres, 6% above last year. Average yield is forecast at 310 cwt per acre, down 53 cwt from 2013.
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 :
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 ..............: 8.3 8.0 8.3 8.0 485 4,026
Colorado ................: 54.8 60.2 54.6 59.9 371 20,279
San Luis ..............: 49.7 54.2 49.6 54.0 365 18,104
All other .............: 5.1 6.0 5.0 5.9 435 2,175
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 ...........: 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 260 910
Michigan ................: 44.5 43.0 44.0 42.5 390 17,160
Minnesota ...............: 47.0 51.0 45.0 49.0 400 18,000
Montana .................: 11.3 10.0 11.1 9.8 305 3,386
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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 ................: 18.0 17.0 17.6 16.5 270 4,752
North Dakota ............: 81.0 86.0 78.0 81.0 290 22,620
Ohio ....................: 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 350 455
Oregon ..................: 40.0 39.0 39.6 39.0 545 21,582
Pennsylvania ............: 7.5 5.2 7.4 5.0 250 1,850
Rhode Island ............: 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 250 125
Washington ..............: 160.0 165.0 160.0 165.0 600 96,000
Wisconsin ...............: 62.5 67.0 62.0 66.0 440 27,280
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Other States 3/ .........: 11.1 9.1 10.4 9.0 430 4,472
:
United States ...........: 941.9 955.4 931.6 943.2 427 398,106
:
All :
United States ...........: 1,066.5 1,080.5 1,052.0 1,065.7 416 437,483
:
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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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