Table Potato Supplies Tighten
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…
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Potato Markets on the Edge
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Huffaker’s Highlights: Deviations from expected yields are a major factor for year-to-year changes in open-market potato prices. The outlook for…
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Potential Disruptive Forces for the 2019-20 Potato Crop
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…
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Will French Fry Production Lead to Increased Potato Acreage?
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News North American processors either have or will be bringing online as least 1.3 billion pounds of new frozen potato product…
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Trend Yields: Causes and Consequences
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Potato yields have been in a constant uptrend since World War II. Between 1900 and 1940, the average annual yield…
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Shades of 1976?
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Reports from Europe are comparing the 2018 potato supply situation to conditions during the 1976-77 marketing season. Though estimates vary,…
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Planning for the 2019 Potato Crop
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Potato growers are likely to see mixed signals as they make production plans for 2019. Markets for the 2018 potato…
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What to Watch for With 2018 Potato Crop
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Early harvest of the 2018 potato crop is getting underway. Fall potato acreage almost certainly is up from last year,…
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Market Report – Growing Pains for the French Fry Industry
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Recent expansion of North American French fry capacity is designed to facilitate export growth. So far, the expected growth has…
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The Fragmenting Potato Market
By Bruce Huffaker, Publisher, North American Potato Market News A potato is no longer a potato. While potato varieties still substitute for each other, to some degree, differentiation between…
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