News on Potato Stats, Trade, Prices from the United States

August 03, 2012

Mexico needs to show commitment to potato agreement, US potato grower told Congress

Mexico needs to prove itself a responsible trade partner if the country wants to be a trusted member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, a U.S. potato grower told Congress.

July 02, 2012

US Potato growers welcome agreement to include Mexico in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations

US potato industry leaders applaud the Tuesday, June 19, announcement by US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón to include Mexico in the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.

June 12, 2012

US potato growers eye expanding sales to entire Mexican market

US potato growers hope that this could be the year they are allowed to ship fresh spuds into all of Mexico, which would be a $120 million opportunity.

June 05, 2012

National Potato Council met with Mexican Ambassador to discuss market access

Last week, National Potato Council (NPC) Executive Vice President and CEO John Keeling met with Mexico's Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan to discuss access to the Mexican potato market for fresh U.S.

May 29, 2012

Pounds of Fresh Potatoes Sold in Supermarkets Declines for Fifth Consecutive Quarter;Dollars Up

Fresh potatoes recorded its fifth consecutive quarter of declining movement according to a report recently released by the United States Potato Board. In the 12 months ending March 31st, fresh pounds have decreased 6.8%, but the dollar value was actual...

May 24, 2012

Senators Urge Better Access to Mexican Potato Market

Cite Mexico's Agreement to Purchase Fresh Potatoes Washington, D.C. – Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have joined a number of their colleagues in an effort to increase sales of U.S. potatoes to Mexico. The Mexican market for potatoes from Ida...

May 14, 2012

Idaho Potato Commission Adds New Offices for Latin America, South Korea

The Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) continues to expand its global reach, with a new international office serving Latin America launched in March 2012 and plans for a South Korea office to open this fall. The new offices join the IPC’s existing roster o...

May 08, 2012

US Potato Board team visits Egypt

The United States Potato Board (USPB) led a trade mission of US seed potato growers and shippers to Egypt the first week of April.

May 06, 2012

US April Potato Stocks and Use: strong increase in use for dehy

The 13 major potato States held 116 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2012, up 4 percent from a year ago. Potatoes in storage accounted for 30 percent of the 2011 fall storage States' production, one percentage point below April 1, 2011.

April 23, 2012

Working to get fresh US potatoes to all of Mexico

Maria Cantwell, Senator of the State of Washington is pushing to get more northwest potatoes sold to Mexico;a market that has the potential to bring in millions for the industry. This week, Senator Cantwell asked a US Trade Representative about what's...

March 21, 2012

KORUS-FTA facilitates export of US potato products to South Korea

On March 15, 2012 the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS-FTA) went into force. John Keeling, Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Potato Council (NPC), commented on the impact of this free trade agreement on the US potato Industry: “A...

March 14, 2012

Russet prices rising

Long-sluggish russet markets are beginning to strengthen, and prices should continue to rise as the 2011-2012 deal enters its homestretch this summer. Strong processing demand was beginning to tip the scales in March in what has been a year of abundan...

March 13, 2012

Colorado potatoes still kept out of Mexico's interior

Colorado Agricultural Commissioner John Salazar thought that the ban on Colorado potatoes into the heart of Mexico was solved last summer when the U.S. and its southern neighbor worked out an agreement to allow Mexican trucks full access to U.S. markets.

March 08, 2012

Idaho farmers reject processors' contract offers

Idaho potato growers have rejected processors' contract offers, convinced they were insufficient to cover rising input costs and prevention of the emerging disease zebra chip.

January 26, 2012

North American potato production up 4%

Fall potato production in the United States and Canada is estimated at 481 million hundredweight, up 4 percent from 2010. United States fall potato production increased 6 percent to 389 million cwt while Canadian production was 5 percent lower at 91.9 million cwt.

December 20, 2011

US fall potato production up 6 percent

Despite below-average yields in many States, a 7-percent increase in harvested area boosted U.S. production of fall potatoes to an estimated 387.4 million hundredweight (cwt), 6 percent above last year’s crop.

November 22, 2011

US Potato Processing up in October

Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 7.49 million cwt of raw potatoes during October, an increase of 6 percent from last October. Accumulated processing of 2011 crop raw potatoes to November 1 was 20.5 million cwt, up 40 percent.

November 14, 2011

Idaho spud crop larger in more ways than one

Idaho potato growers saw increases in yields, tuber sizes and total production from last fall, according to a report released Nov. 9 by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide, the 2011 spud harvest totaled 127 million hundredweig...

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