US Potato Stocks Up 9 Percent from April 2014

US Potato Stocks Up 9 Percent from April 2014
april 30, 2015

The 13 major potato States held 130 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2015, up 9 percent from April 2014.

Potatoes in storage accounted for 32 percent of the 2014 fall storage States' production, 1 percentage point higher than last year.
 

(Click to enlarge) United States Fall Potato Production and Stocks – 13 Major States: April 1, 2014-2015

United States Fall Potato Production and Stocks – 13 Major States: April 1, 2014-2015

Potato disappearance, at 272 million cwt, was up 1 percent from April 1, 2014. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 22.1 million cwt, was 1 percent higher than last year.

Processors in the 9 major States used 144 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 3 percent from April 2014.
 
(Click to enlarge) Quantity of Potatoes Used for Processing, 9 States: 2012-2014

Quantity of Potatoes Used for Processing, 9 States: 2012-2014

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Released April 17, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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