U.S. Potato Harvest Up 1%
WASHINGTON - Nov 10/15 - SNS -- Total United States potato production in 2015 from all seasons is forecast at 446 million cwt (100 pound units), 1% above 2014, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates for 2015.
Harvested area, at 1.06 million acres, is up 1% from last year. Average yield is forecast at 419 cwt per acre, down 2 cwt from the previous year.
Production of fall potatoes for 2015 is forecast at 409 million cwt, up 1% from last year. Area harvested, at 946,000 acres, is up 2% from the previous year. The average yield forecast, at 432 cwt per acre, is down 2 cwt from last year's yield.
Growers in Maine, Michigan, and North Dakota are expecting record high yields. If realized, the Wisconsin yield forecast will tie the 2014 record high.
Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Seasonal Group - States and
United States: 2014 and Forecasted November 1, 2015
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Seasonal group : Area planted : Area harvested :Yield per acre : Production
and State :---------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015 : 2014 : 2015
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:----------- 1,000 acres ---------- --- cwt --- --- 1,000 cwt --
:
Spring 1/ :
United States .........: 73.8 67.0 71.1 66.0 318 304 22,608 20,068
:
Summer 1/ :
United States .........: 50.4 52.7 48.9 51.1 324 331 15,859 16,907
:
Fall :
California ............: 8.3 8.0 8.3 8.0 470 465 3,901 3,720
Colorado ..............: 60.2 59.1 59.8 58.9 388 385 23,196 22,677
San Luis Valley ......: 54.2 52.8 53.9 52.7 380 375 20,482 19,763
All other areas ......: 6.0 6.3 5.9 6.2 460 470 2,714 2,914
Idaho .................: 321.0 325.0 320.0 324.0 415 402 132,880 130,320
10 Southwest counties : 16.0 18.0 16.0 18.0 515 525 8,240 9,450
Other Idaho counties .: 305.0 307.0 304.0 306.0 410 395 124,640 120,870
Maine .................: 51.0 51.5 50.5 50.8 290 315 14,645 16,002
Massachusetts .........: 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 285 300 1,026 1,080
Michigan ..............: 43.0 46.0 42.5 45.0 370 390 15,725 17,550
Minnesota .............: 42.0 45.0 41.0 44.0 400 420 16,400 18,480
Montana ...............: 11.5 11.0 11.3 10.9 320 310 3,616 3,379
:
Nebraska ..............: 17.0 16.0 16.9 15.8 470 420 7,943 6,636
Nevada ................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
New Mexico ............: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)
New York ..............: 16.0 17.0 15.8 16.9 275 285 4,345 4,817
North Dakota ..........: 79.0 82.0 77.0 80.0 310 340 23,870 27,200
Ohio ..................: 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 280 230 420 345
Oregon ................: 39.0 39.0 38.9 38.9 580 560 22,562 21,784
Pennsylvania ..........: 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.3 275 275 1,430 1,458
Rhode Island ..........: 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 245 240 123 120
Washington ............: 165.0 170.0 165.0 170.0 615 590 101,475 100,300
Wisconsin .............: 65.0 65.0 64.0 64.0 410 460 26,240 29,440
:
Other States 2/ .......: 9.4 8.0 9.3 7.9 420 420 3,906 3,319
:
United States .........: 938.4 953.8 931.1 946.0 434 432 403,703 408,627
:
All :
United States .........:1,062.6 1,073.5 1,051.1 1,063.1 421 419 442,170 445,602
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.
2/ Includes data withheld above.
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