Potato stocks in Idaho on February 1, 2024 totaled 82.0 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 63.0 million cwt. February 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 15.0 million cwt. Disappearance to date was 12.5 million cwt. In Washington, February 1 potato stocks totaled 44.5 million cwt. Disappearance to date totaled 55.2 million cwt.
Nationally, the 13 major potato States held 216 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2024. Potatoes in storage accounted for 49 percent of the 2024 States' production, up 1 percent from a year earlier. The indicated season to date disappearance, at 225 million cwt, was up 7 percent from the same period last year.
Processors in Idaho used 39.1 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 11 percent from 2023. In Oregon, 20.2 million cwt of potatoes had been used by processors for the season, down 6 percent from the previous year.
Processors in Malheur County used 5.02 million cwt, down 3 percent from the previous year, and 15.1 million cwt had been used in other counties, down 6 percent from the previous year. In Washington, 34.4 million cwt of potatoes had been used by processors for the season, up 1 percent from the 2023. Processors in the 8 States used 115 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 3 percent from February 2023.
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Source: nass.usda.gov