April Potato Processing in Idaho and Malheur County Up 5.5 Percent from Last Year

Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 6.90 million cwt of 2009 crop raw potatoes during April, up 5.5 percent from April 2009. Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon have used 56.1 million cwt of 2009 crop raw potatoes to May 1, up 1.0 percent from last year. Idaho potatoes accounted for 49.6 million cwt of the total processed. The remaining 6.46 million cwt were produced in other states.

Processors in the 9 major States have used 142 million cwt of potatoes this season, down 5 percent from the same period last year.

Dehydrating usage accounted for 26.6 million cwt of the total processing, down 6 percent from last year.