Potato stocks

Potato


Stocks


Crop
Reporting
Board


United States
Department of
Agriculture


Statistical Reporting
Service


Washington, D.C. 20250


RELEASED:


April


1985


ubscriber


"POTATOES &


SWEETPOTATOES"


POTATO


TOCK


PERCENT


85.4
5 pF
Fall


April 1,
million


recent
potato


198E
cwt


elow


tock


(3.87
April


production


PC


million
1983.


)tatoes
i metric
The rem


the 15
ns), up


ai


compared with


ning st
percent


major


ock


States


percent
account


on hand t
(Comment


are estimated


from


time


continued


: year,
percent


t year.
on page 4)


FALL
(FOR


POTATO


STATES


PRODUCTION


TIMATING


AND


POTATO


TOCK


TOCK


NIL LIT.


S


U


a


U


12


I,


U


3


5


*


*






* NOTE:
*
*
*
*
*


Stock
purpo
losse
potat
cent
use a


s are
ses an
s that
oes fo
of the
account


defined
d uses,
occur a
r all pu
total f
for the


a
i
f
r
a


s the quantity
including shrink
ter the date of
poses generally
11 production.
remaining 10 pe


remaining in
age and waste
each report.
account for
Shrinkage, 1
recent.


storage
and oth
Sales
about 90
oss and


for all*
er *
of fall*
per- *
home *


TABLE 1.


FALL POTATOES:


PRODUCTION AND STOCKS,


15 MAJOR STATES


CROP
YEAR


PRODUCTION:
* *


DEC 1


JAN 1


FEB 1


MAR 1


APR I


MAY 1


---------- ----------------
S
a


1.000


--------- -e ------- ----- ------- ---
CwT


,679
,422
,978
,421
,981
,940
,518
,710
,031
,344
.495


183,
181,
198,
202,
219,
200,
172,
193,
206,
192,
201.


,100
,220
,230
,300
,520
,020
,010
,380
,980
,330
.860


,480
,710
,030
,930
,980
,910
,065
,820
,200
,900
.990


,963
,850
,830
,850
,570
,720
,680
,780
,500
,730
.655


,217
,970
,130
,680
,250
,550
,660
,270
,105
,740
.425


,830
,535
,546
,760
,305
.365


TABLE


FALL POTATOES:


PRODUCTION AND STOCKS ON APRIL
APRIL 1, 1985


1984 AND


CROP OF 1983 : CROP OF 1984


STATE


PRODUCTION


TOTAL
: STOCKS
APR I,
: 1984


- -
S

U
U
S
S


APR 1
STOCKS :PRODUCTION
AS % OF
PRODUCTION:


TOTAL : APR 1
: STOCKS : STOCKS
APR 1, AS % OF
1985 :PRODUCTION


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


1,000 CWT PERCENT 1,000 CWT PERCENT


CALIF
COLO
IDAHO
MAINE
MICH
MINN
MONT
NEBR


N


N
OH
OR


Y LI
UPSTATE
DAK
I0
EG


,790
,950
,990
,560
,840
,313
,800
,025
,075
,635
,480
,886
,710


1,950
4,200
33,500
8,200
2,100
3,300
1,050
350
250
700
4,800
40
6,500


-ab h-


,280
,225
,600
,360
,540
,775
,924
,240
,726
,630
,615
,465
.680


,600
,550
,000
,300
,600
,200
,180
570
100
650
,100
35
.400


278
266
294
295
311
284
256
287
298
284
302


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v





TABLE


POTATOES


PROCESSED


EIGHT


STATES,


19~3


1984


CROPS


--------


STATE


:STORAGE
:SEASON


ENTIRE


: DEC


: JAN


: MAY1


: SEASON


1,000


IDAHO AND


MALHEUR


CO.,


OREG


MAINE


WASH AND OTHER
AREAS, OREG

OTHER STATES


TOTAL


:1983-84
:1984-85


:1983-84
:1984-85


:1983-84
:1984-85

:1983-84
:1984-85


:1983-84
:1984-85


15,755
19,000


1,160
1,630


16,245
20,745

4,305
5,695


37,465
47,070


20,445
24,310


1,745
2,290


19,920
24,690

6,005
7,510


48,115
58,800


24,785
29,200


2,260
2,995


23,690
29,345

7,755
9,210


58,490
70,750


29,540
34,010


2,780
3,505


28,250
33,555

9,600
10,930


70,170
82,000


35,155
39,510


3,370
4,310


33,280
38,745

11,615
12,745


83,420
95,310


40,640


3,970


37,455

13,400


95,465


53,810


5,125


45,800

16,320


121,055


1/ TOTAL
WHICH THE
CHIPS IN


ONLY.


QUANTITY
POTATOES


MAINE,
MICH,


RECEIVED


WERE


MICH,
MINN,


USED


PROCESS


PRODUCED.


MINN, I
N DAK,


ING REGARDLESS


INCLUDE


DAK, OR
AND WIS.


WIS.


QUANTITIES


INCLUDES


MAINE


STATE


USED


GROWN


POTATO


POTATOES


RELIABILITY


APRIL


STOCKS


ESTIMATES


The
percent.


of
4.6


85.4


perc


percent


"Root


Mean


means


t


million cw
ent or apl
confidence


approximately


r
IL.


been


10-yea


5.26


Square
that tl
will noc


proximately


level)


6.8 million

r (1975-84)


final


mi11ion


below the final


Error"
chance


above


that


3.9 r
the


)r the April
are 2 out of
or below the


million


cwt.


difference


cwt.


record


estimate


cwt.


that


final


stocks


estimate
current


estimate


estimate


by more


Chances


will


difference


averaged


During


estimate


9 out


3.71


exceed


between


million


10-year period
10 years.


percent


April


cwt, ranging
, the April


I s
from


than
(90
t or


tock


0.24


estimate


The
estimate
million






three


percent f
were down


held


rom
11


last


Eastern


year


percent;


percent more


than


and
New


States,


24
York,


last


stocks


percent
down ;


totaled


below


percent


8.99


years
while


million


ago.


cwt,
Maine


Pennsylvania


down


holding
storage


year.


percent


Dakota


cousin


greater


Central


from


stocks


were


cellar


than


year


States


previous


tored


stored


year


16.4


percent;
4 percent


mil


mnd 9
Minne
more


lion cwt
percent


sota
and


on April


above


storage
Michigan


two
held
stock


S 1985,


years


ago.


7 percent
were 24


gain


North
more;
percent


ago.


Stocks


from
stock


last


were


2 percent.
18 percent
moving, but


n the


year,
each


x We
5 p


about


Colorado


less


than


present


stocks


tern


percent


percent
were


year


stocks


ago.


are 1


States


below
above


totaled


two
1984


60.0


years
level


percent,


Montana
percent a


wh


potatoes


bove


last


million


ago.


cwt,


Idaho


s; Oregon
ile Califo


(mostly


year


3 percent
Washington


holdings were
rnia storage


seed)


down


held


started


Disappearance


percent


from a
million


million


yea
cw


so far


from h
r ago
t, was


this


arvest


April


4 percent
1 percent


above
fro


, 1985,
;e two )
m 1984.


season compared with


totaled
'ears ago
Shrink


.0 million cwt


million


March


cwt,


disappearance


totaled


year


25.4


ago.


Process


eight


major


States


stands


million


this


seas
used


n, up 14 percent
13.3 million cwt


from
of po"


a year
tatoes,


earlier. During
fractionally above


March
last


I, proce
March.


ssing


plants


* U.S. Government


Printing


Office


: 1985


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