Potato Harvest Slipped 2%
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS --Potato production in 2021 was estimated at 410 million cwt (100 pounds), down 2% from the 2020 crop, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
Planted area, at 943,000 acres, was up 3% from last year. Harvested area, at 935,700 acres, was up 3% from the previous year. The average yield, at 438 cwt per acre, down 23 cwt from the previous year.
Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .............: 40.5 29.0 28.0 40.1 28.9 27.7
Colorado ...............: 51.3 54.0 53.0 51.0 53.8 52.2
San Luis Valley 1/ ...: 48.6 (NA) (NA) 48.4 (NA) (NA)
All other areas 1/ ...: 2.7 (NA) (NA) 2.6 (NA) (NA)
Florida ................: 26.0 21.0 21.0 25.3 20.4 19.9
Idaho ..................: 310.0 300.0 315.0 308.0 299.5 314.5
Maine ..................: 52.0 51.0 54.0 51.5 50.8 53.5
Michigan ...............: 50.0 46.0 47.0 48.5 45.0 46.5
Minnesota ..............: 46.0 42.0 42.0 43.0 41.2 41.7
Nebraska ...............: 20.5 19.0 19.0 20.2 18.8 18.9
:
North Dakota ...........: 73.0 72.0 76.0 58.0 70.0 75.0
Oregon .................: 43.0 45.0 45.0 42.9 45.0 44.8
Texas ..................: 15.0 15.5 14.0 14.8 15.3 13.0
Washington .............: 165.0 155.0 160.0 164.0 154.5 159.5
Wisconsin ..............: 71.0 69.0 69.0 70.0 68.5 68.5
:
United States ..........: 963.3 918.5 943.0 937.3 911.7 935.7
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ----------- cwt ----------- ---------- 1,000 cwt ----------
:
California .............: 420 445 430 16,842 12,861 11,911
Colorado ...............: 386 420 400 19,666 22,596 20,880
San Luis Valley 1/ ...: 380 (NA) (NA) 18,392 (NA) (NA)
All other areas 1/ ...: 490 (NA) (NA) 1,274 (NA) (NA)
Florida ................: 275 260 270 6,958 5,304 5,373
Idaho ..................: 425 450 410 130,900 134,775 128,945
Maine ..................: 325 265 350 16,738 13,462 18,725
Michigan ...............: 420 390 420 20,370 17,550 19,530
Minnesota ..............: 415 435 445 17,845 17,922 18,557
Nebraska ...............: 475 490 485 9,595 9,212 9,167
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North Dakota ...........: 335 340 290 19,430 23,800 21,750
Oregon .................: 590 600 590 25,311 27,000 26,432
Texas ..................: 480 465 460 7,104 7,115 5,980
Washington .............: 640 645 585 104,960 99,653 93,308
Wisconsin ..............: 410 420 425 28,700 28,770 29,113
:
United States ..........: 453 461 438 424,419 420,020 409,671
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