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Potato Harvest Slipped 2%

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS --Potato production in 2021 was estimated at 410 million cwt (100 pounds), down 2% from the 2020 crop, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.

Planted area, at 943,000 acres, was up 3% from last year. Harvested area, at 935,700 acres, was up 3% from the previous year. The average yield, at 438 cwt per acre, down 23 cwt from the previous year.

Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019-2021
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                        :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2019    :   2020    :   2021    :   2019    :   2020    :   2021
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                        :                              1,000 acres
                        :
California .............:    40.5        29.0        28.0        40.1        28.9        27.7
Colorado ...............:    51.3        54.0        53.0        51.0        53.8        52.2
  San Luis Valley 1/ ...:    48.6        (NA)        (NA)        48.4        (NA)        (NA)
  All other areas 1/ ...:     2.7        (NA)        (NA)         2.6        (NA)        (NA)
Florida ................:    26.0        21.0        21.0        25.3        20.4        19.9
Idaho ..................:   310.0       300.0       315.0       308.0       299.5       314.5
Maine ..................:    52.0        51.0        54.0        51.5        50.8        53.5
Michigan ...............:    50.0        46.0        47.0        48.5        45.0        46.5
Minnesota ..............:    46.0        42.0        42.0        43.0        41.2        41.7
Nebraska ...............:    20.5        19.0        19.0        20.2        18.8        18.9
                        :
North Dakota ...........:    73.0        72.0        76.0        58.0        70.0        75.0
Oregon .................:    43.0        45.0        45.0        42.9        45.0        44.8
Texas ..................:    15.0        15.5        14.0        14.8        15.3        13.0
Washington .............:   165.0       155.0       160.0       164.0       154.5       159.5
Wisconsin ..............:    71.0        69.0        69.0        70.0        68.5        68.5
                        :
United States ..........:   963.3       918.5       943.0       937.3       911.7       935.7
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                        :          Yield per acre           :            Production
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2019    :   2020    :   2021    :   2019    :   2020    :   2021
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                        :    ----------- cwt -----------       ---------- 1,000 cwt ----------
                        :
California .............:    420         445         430        16,842      12,861      11,911
Colorado ...............:    386         420         400        19,666      22,596      20,880
  San Luis Valley 1/ ...:    380        (NA)        (NA)        18,392        (NA)        (NA)
  All other areas 1/ ...:    490        (NA)        (NA)         1,274        (NA)        (NA)
Florida ................:    275         260         270         6,958       5,304       5,373
Idaho ..................:    425         450         410       130,900     134,775     128,945
Maine ..................:    325         265         350        16,738      13,462      18,725
Michigan ...............:    420         390         420        20,370      17,550      19,530
Minnesota ..............:    415         435         445        17,845      17,922      18,557
Nebraska ...............:    475         490         485         9,595       9,212       9,167
                        :
North Dakota ...........:    335         340         290        19,430      23,800      21,750
Oregon .................:    590         600         590        25,311      27,000      26,432
Texas ..................:    480         465         460         7,104       7,115       5,980
Washington .............:    640         645         585       104,960      99,653      93,308
Wisconsin ..............:    410         420         425        28,700      28,770      29,113
                        :
United States ..........:    453         461         438       424,419     420,020     409,671
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Estimates discontinued in 2020.

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