Potato stocks

S


Crop
Reporting
Board


May 14, 1980
3:00 P.M. ET


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($: DE. nPOSIiTORY


Economics, Statistics, &
Cooperatives Service
US. Department
of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
20250


STOCKS TWO PERCENT


BELOW LAST YEAR


An est
growers, p
inventory
available.


:imated 63,
processors,


on May


.5


ml)


, 1979,


Llion cwt
dealers (


on May


first


fall


year


potatoes
1980. 1


which


rhis
May


uses


were


held


was 2 percent below the


stocks


estimates


were


regional


million


million cwt,


above


last


cwt, a 19 ;
inventories


percent


over


totals


on hand,
accounted
season. S1


percent
by 37
ie eight


from May


half


Washington'
11 percent


below a


year


percent


stocks


reduction
percent w
Western


1979.


region'


; holdings,
above last


below
year'


follows:


above


bulk
the


from


while


eight


Minnesota


States


Idaho


total


year


seven


ago.


? region'
Central


1979


holding;


held 47.9
stocks, at


year-earlier


were


total.


level


ago.


Eastern


Maine'
total a


States
level.
s were


million cwt
29.5 million


percent


Oregon,


States


holdings,
remained


totaled


6.81


North Dakota


4 percent


in
cwt,


less


. prior
stocks


8.78


sharply
million
trimmed


below


storage, c
comprised


than


last


months,


were


last


well
year.


are now
percent


Disappearance


(excluding
The total


during
gradig,


Nevada), do
disappearance


grading,
and lost


1979


mw


n 8 per<
includes


fall


cent


28.5


livestock


due to shrinkage


crop
from


1980


comparable


million cwt


on farms where
(moistuielTot


The quantity of potatoes processed i to .
ar 1


period


potatoes


thai


LIBRARY


80pin the


the


a -


million


last
t were
rded \




seven


season.
dumped
without




major


In I


Released:


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IyP~Pi!






NOTE: Stocks are defined as the quantity remaining in storage for all purposes
--J I --- f- -l L- -Ll a A .I ^^ ...I.L a -.-J A- aa L I a a a a J.U^J-- Lirr.. a a a a


ulcni ding shrinkage and waste ard r


the date of each report.


Sales of fall potatoes for all purposes generally


account for about 90 percent of the total fall production.


loss and home use account for the remaining 10 percent.
bee -a C -a ~5


Shrinkage and


TABLE 1.


FALL POTATOES:


PRODUCTION


APRIL 1, AND MAY 1 TOTAL STOCKS,


DECEMBER 1, JANUARY 1, FEBRUARY 1, MARCH 1,
CROPS OF 1969-79 IN THE FALL STATES


TOTAL STOCKS


YEAR


: PRODUCTION


FOLLOWING


DEC 1


----1111111 -------------------------------------- -11111111 -IIILII


JANi1


FEB 1


MAR 1


APR 1


MAYl


1971 1/


252,561
267,827
266,707
249,320
254,379
289,342
278,391
307,427
307,064
323,498
301,628


162,800
175,145
176,390
158,565
157,837
187,935
185,965
201,980
206,690
223,290
209,180


138,140
150,030
151,435
134,420
133,665
163,095
159,140
174,775
178,205
196,080
182.755


1,000 CWT

111,510
122,230
124,375
107,310
106,615
133,425
131,685
143,925
149,690
164,666
154,005


87,620
96,780
98,485
83,380
81,165
104,116
104,050
114,140
120,970
133,247
126,530


58,250
55,870
75,905
71,640
81,875
89,205
99,808
96.821


65,116
63,532


BEGINNING WITH 1971, LATE SUMMER PRODUCTION FOR N Y


- LI, WIS AND WASH HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS FALL.


TABLE


POTATOES USED FOR PROCESSING 1/, SEVEN STATES,


1978 AND 1979 CROP 2/


STATE


: STORAGE
SEASON


: DEC 1


ZJSAN1


: FEB 1


: MAR 1


: APR 1


SMAYl


ENTIRE
SEASON


: 1,000 CWT


IDAHO AMD MALHEUR
CO., OREG


MAINE 3/


: 1978-79
: 1979-80


: 1978-79
: 1979-80


WASH AND OTHER


AREAS


OTHER STATES 4/


TOTAL


: 1978-79
: 1979-80


: 1978-79
1979-80


: 1978-79
: 1979-80


15,720
14,210

2,280
2,010

15,075
13,510


2,625

35,700
32.355


21,215
18,680

2,800
2,655

18,380
16,995

3,520
3.365


45,915
41,695


26,055
23,980

3,670


22,230
20,725

4,420
4,215

56,375
52.390


31,130
28.840


4,390
4.245


26,035
24.915


66,845
63,055


37,095
34.440


5,200

30,125
29.395


6,255
6.005


" 78,830
75,040


43,305
40,010

6,205
6.200


34,770
33.360


7,155
6,825

91,435
86,395


61,290


8.140


44,295


U10 3540


124,265


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TOTAL QUANTITY RECEIVENDAND USED FOR PROCESSING REGARDLESS OF THE STATE IN WHICH TE POTATOES ERE


fiODUCED.
REVISED.


DOES


NOT INCLUDE


QUANTITIES


USED


INCULES MAINE GROWN POTATOES ON'


FOR ATO CHIPS IN MAINE,
Y. 4/ MICH. MINN AND N DAK.


OR MINN.


197S79


ano uses,


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TABLE 3.


POTATOES:


PRODUCTION AND TOTAL STOCKS OF FALL POTATOES HELD BY GROWERS,


PROCESSORS, AND LOCAL DEALERS ON MAY 1, 1979 AND MAY 1, 1980
R a a a a cnn cC --a a a a--a as a a a -- ------------------- - a -- -


CROP OF 1978


CROP OF 1979


- --- --- -- --- -- -- a- a- --- --- -- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --


STATE


: PRODUCTION :TOTAL STOCKS:
: :MAY 1, 1979 :


1,000 CWT


:MAY 1 STOCKS:


AS % OF


PRODUCTION :


PERCENT


: PRODUCTION :TOTAL STOCKS:


:MAY 1, 1980


1,000 CWT


:MAY 1 STOCKS


AS % OF
PRODUCTION


PERCENT


CALIF
COLD
03NN
IDAHO

MAINE
MASS


MICH
MINN
MONTH
NEBR
NY


-LI


UPSTATE
N DAKW


OHIO
OREG

R I

SAH





OTH 1


6,055
11,275
1/
100,310
1/
25,960

8,500
14,910
2,088
1,800
6,175
6,500
22,400
1/
28,488
6,250
1/
1,190


50,685


900
2,150
1/
32,500
1/
4,400
1/
1,200
2,700
200
250
80
300
3,200
1/
5,650
900


6,364
11,455
_1/
88,200
1/
28,750
1/
8,000
12,920
1,800
1,482
6,431
6,463
18,240
2,400
25,310
6,000
1/
1,203
1,300
1/
48,925
17,010
1,144


100
91/
1/
9,500


8,147


930
1,850
1/
29,500

8,000
1/
700
2,600
260
160
85
120
2,000


4,700


1/
10,500
1,140
70


,281


23 STATE


TOTAL 2/


318,058


65,116


296,678


/ STOCKS INCLUDED IN OTHER STATES.
/ EXCLUDING NEV FOR WHICH NO STOCKS ESTIMATES ARE MADE. NEV 1978 PRODUCTION 5.440.000 CWT AND


- i


1979 PRODUCTION 4,950,000 CWT.


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POTATO STOCKS QUALITY SURVEY
MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY)


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

3 1262 0882 0892


The potato stocks quality information contained in this report is based on a survey conducted
by the Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service in the Red River Valley of North Dakota a
Minnesota. Sample bags of potatoes selected on a random basis were placed in storage at harvest
time. Reports issued each month during the 1979-80 storage season have shown the cumulative average
grade and weight loss for these potatoes at the time of removal from storage. At the request of the
Red River Valley Potato Growers Association, samples were selected only for processing potatoes.


Samples of white varieties recovered before May 1, 1980
lower quality both at harvest and after storage than samples
earlier. The decline while in storage of white varieties
percentage points for samples removed from storage to date.
during the same period a year earlier. The percent of white
after storage for samples recovered by May 1 is well above a
storage for samples recovered to date is 5 percent, the same a


I continue to indicate a significantly
recovered by the comparable date a year
grading No. 1 (including B's) was 10
This compares with a 12 point decline
varieties graded as culls at harvest and
a year ago. Total weight loss while in
is last season.


Based on samples of russet varieties recovered by May 1, 1980, the quality at harvest is also
indicated well below a year earlier, but after storage quality is now 1 percentage point higher than
last May 1. The percentage of russet samples grading No. 1 (including B's) declined 6 points between
harvest and May 1, 1980, compared with a 15 point decline during the comparable period last season.
The percent of russet varieties graded as culls both at harvest and after storage is much higher this
season than for samples recovered by May 1, 1979. The total weight loss while in storage this year
was 6 percent to May 1, compared with a 4 percent weight loss during the comparable period last
season.


The cooperation of the many potato growers and storage operators who assisted on this project
is greatly appreciated.

POTATO STOCKS QUALITY SURVEY, RED RIVER VALLEY, 1979-80
AVERAGE GRADE OF POTATOES

SNO. 1
: INCLUDING B'S NO. 2 : CULLS : NO. 1 B'S 1/
CROP ---------------------------------------- WE1 IG:f
: AT : AFTER : AT : AFTER : AT : AFTER : AT : AFTER : LOSS


: HARVEST : STORAGE : HARVEST : STORAGE : HARVEST : STORAGE :VEST STORAGEE


:- PERCENT
: PFECcENT


SAMPLES RECOVERED BEFORE MAY 1


, 1980 2/


WHITE
RUSSET


SAMPLES RECOVERED BEFORE MAY 1


, 1979 2/


ALL SAMPLES 1978-79 STORAGE SEASON-FINAL 2/


~Th~Th


WHITE : 88 76 6 10 6 14 6 6 6
RUSSET : 81 70 11 16 8 14 2 5 .4

1/ NO. 1 B'S ARE POTATOES THAT MEET THE U.S. NO. 1 GRADE BUT DO OT MEET THE MINIMUM SIZE STAbDRDS
FOR THE AREA: RED AND WHITE VARIETIES 1 1/2-2 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER; RUSSET VARIETIES UNDER 2
INCHES IN DIAMETER OR LESS THAN 4 OUNCES. 2/ MATCHED SAMPLES; QUALITY AT HARVEST COMPARED
QUALITY AFTER STORAGE.


WHITE
RUSSET


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