Record Small Potato Area
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/22 - SNS -- Area planted to potatoes in 2022 is estimated at 910,000 acres, down 3% from 2021, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2022.
Harvested area is forecast at 902,200 acres, down 4% from the previous year. Planted and Harvested area will be the lowest area on record for the Nation, if realized.
Potato Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2021 and 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : California ...........: 28.0 26.0 27.7 25.8 Colorado .............: 53.0 53.0 52.2 52.7 Florida ..............: 21.0 17.0 19.9 16.4 Idaho ................: 315.0 290.0 314.5 289.5 Maine ................: 54.0 60.0 53.5 59.5 Michigan .............: 47.0 46.0 46.5 45.0 Minnesota ............: 42.0 40.0 41.7 39.5 Nebraska .............: 19.0 20.0 18.9 19.8 : North Dakota .........: 76.0 73.0 75.0 71.0 Oregon ...............: 45.0 42.0 44.8 42.0 Texas ................: 14.0 13.0 13.0 12.5 Washington ...........: 160.0 165.0 159.5 164.5 Wisconsin ............: 69.0 65.0 68.5 64.0 : United States ........: 943.0 910.0 935.7 902.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Potato Type as a Percent of Planted - States and United States: 2021 and 2022 [Other type potatoes are included with Russet] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Red and Blue : White : Yellow : Russet State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : California .....: 12 21 42 28 27 21 19 30 Colorado .......: 4 3 2 9 8 8 86 80 Florida ........: 17 35 76 34 6 31 1 - Idaho ..........: 4 5 3 4 2 3 91 88 Maine ..........: 4 4 33 22 3 3 60 71 Michigan .......: 1 1 72 87 1 2 26 10 Minnesota ......: 16 23 10 11 3 2 71 64 Nebraska .......: 1 1 50 43 2 1 47 55 North Dakota ...: 24 23 33 31 3 4 40 42 Oregon .........: 2 1 20 16 1 1 77 82 : Texas ..........: 12 3 62 63 5 2 21 32 Washington .....: 5 6 15 15 4 4 76 75 Wisconsin ......: 11 10 38 41 5 5 46 44 : United States ..: 7 8 21 20 4 5 68 67 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero.
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