Potato Stocks Up 3 Percent From December 2017

The latest potato stock report is in from the USDA.

The 13 major potato States held 283 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2018, up 3 percent from December 1, 2017.

Potatoes in storage accounted for 68 percent of the fall storage States’ 2018 production, 1 percentage point less than last year. Potato disappearance, at 135 million cwt, was up 7 percent from December 1, 2017. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 13.4 million cwt, was 13 percent higher than the same time last year. Processors in the 8 major States used 72.6 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 5 percent from December 2017.

 

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Source: USDA NASS