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Nebraska Potato Stocks at 3.8 Million Hundredweight
Nebraska Ag Connection - 02/16/2018

Nebraska growers, dealers, and processors held 3.80 million cwt of potatoes in storage on February 1, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Current stocks represent 42 percent of the 2017 production. Total stocks are defined as all potatoes on hand, regardless of use, including those that will be lost through future shrinkage and dumping.

The 13 major potato States held 203 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2018, down slightly from February 1, 2017. Potatoes in storage accounted for 51 percent of the fall storage States' 2017 production, 1 percentage point more than last year. Potato disappearance, at 197 million cwt, was down 3 percent from February 1, 2017. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 15.4 million cwt, was 5 percent lower than the same time last year.

Processors in the 8 major States used 106 million cwt of potatoes for the season, down 1 percent from February 2017.


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