Market Report

Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News   USDA reports that U.S. growers planted 921,000 acres to potatoes in 2020. That is 47,300 acres fewer than they planted in…

By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News   Though the world is emerging from COVID-19 lockdowns, the recovery path is far from certain both for the general economy…

By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News   Major French fry producing countries shipped 6.572 billion pounds of French fries to countries outside of their local trading zones…

By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News   North American potato buyers will face challenging supply conditions for the remainder of the 2019-20 marketing season. Yields on the…

By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News   U.S. table potato shipments from the 2018 crop dropped 1.4 percent below year-earlier movement, to 92.7 million cwt. That reduced…

By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News napmn.com   Growers generally base their potato acreage on perceived demand for their product, though that may be altered to some…