NASS Potato Stocks - Potato Stocks up 11 percent from last year

摘要

The 15 major potato States held 51.0 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2005, up 11 percent from both last year and June 1, 2003. Potatoes in storage account for 13 percent of the 2004 fall storage States' production, 2 percentage points abovelast year, Disappearance of 352 million cwt of potatoes is down 1 percent from last year and 2 percent below two years ago. Shrink and loss, at 31.1 million cwt so far this season, is up 4 percent from last year and 14 percent above the same date in 2003. Processors in the 9 major States have used 173 million cwt of potatoes this season, down 1 percent from a year ago and 4 percent below two years ago. Dehydrating usage accounts for 36.0 million cwt of the total processing, down 8 percent from last year and 11 percent below the same date in 2003.