Bigger Summer Potato Crop
WASHINGTON - Aug 13/15 - SNS -- Production of summer potatoes in the United States is forecast at 16.9 million cwt, up 7% from 2014, according to the latest USDA production forecast for 2015.
Harvested area is estimated at 51,100 acres, 4% above last year. Average yield is forecast at 331 cwt per acre, up 9 cwt from 2014.
Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Seasonal Group - States and United States: 2014 and 2015
[Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. Current year
estimates are for the full 2015 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 : 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015
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: --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- ----- cwt ----- ---- 1,000 cwt ---
:
Spring 1/ :
Arizona .................: 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 310 285 1,085 998
California ..............: 25.0 24.0 24.8 23.8 470 410 11,656 9,758
Florida .................: 30.5 27.0 29.3 26.6 240 250 7,032 6,650
North Carolina ..........: 14.5 12.5 13.5 12.1 210 220 2,835 2,662
:
United States ...........: 73.8 67.0 71.1 66.0 318 304 22,608 20,068
:
Summer :
Delaware ................: 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 290 340 348 408
Illinois ................: 6.5 7.5 6.4 6.9 415 340 2,656 2,346
Kansas ..................: 4.2 (D) 4.1 (D) 340 (D) 1,394 (D)
Maryland ................: 2.3 (D) 2.3 (D) 380 (D) 874 (D)
Missouri ................: 8.2 9.8 7.9 9.5 270 300 2,133 2,850
New Jersey ..............: 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 225 250 428 500
Texas ...................: 21.0 20.0 20.6 19.6 330 365 6,798 7,154
Virginia ................: 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.8 250 240 1,125 1,152
:
Other States 2/ .........: (X) 7.2 (X) 7.1 (X) 352 (X) 2,497
:
United States ...........: 50.4 52.7 48.9 51.1 322 331 15,756 16,907
:
Fall 3/ :
California ..............: 8.5 7.5 8.5 7.5 475 4,038
Colorado ................: 60.2 59.1 59.8 58.8 397 23,735
San Luis ..............: 54.2 52.8 53.9 52.6 390 21,021
All other .............: 6.0 6.3 5.9 6.2 460 2,714
Idaho ...................: 321.0 325.0 320.0 324.0 425 135,920
10 Southwest counties .: 16.0 20.0 16.0 20.0 515 8,240
All other counties ....: 305.0 305.0 304.0 304.0 420 127,680
Maine ...................: 51.0 51.5 50.5 51.0 300 15,150
Massachusetts ...........: 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.6 320 1,248
Michigan ................: 43.0 46.0 42.5 45.5 370 15,725
Minnesota ...............: 43.0 50.0 42.0 48.0 400 16,800
Montana .................: 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.3 320 3,616
:
Nebraska ................: 15.0 14.0 14.8 13.8 435 6,438
Nevada ..................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
New Mexico ..............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
New York ................: 16.0 16.5 15.8 16.2 280 4,424
North Dakota ............: 79.0 80.0 77.0 77.0 315 24,255
Ohio ....................: 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6 280 420
Oregon ..................: 39.0 39.0 38.9 39.0 580 22,562
Pennsylvania ............: 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 270 1,404
Rhode Island ............: 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 245 123
Washington ..............: 165.0 170.0 165.0 170.0 615 101,475
Wisconsin ...............: 64.0 66.0 63.0 65.0 430 27,090
:
Other States 2/ .........: 9.4 8.0 9.3 7.9 420 3,906
:
United States ...........: 936.9 955.3 929.5 946.0 439 408,329
:
All :
United States ...........: 1,061.1 1,075.0 1,049.5 1,063.1 426 446,693
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.
2/ Includes data withheld above.
3/ The forecast of fall potato production will be published in "Crop Production" released November 2015.
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