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Nebraska Potato Stocks at 3.7 Million Hundredweight
Nebraska Ag Connection - 02/22/2019
Nebraska growers, dealers, and processors held 3.70 million cwt of potatoes in storage on February 1, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Current stocks represent 40 percent of the 2018 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 214 million cwt of potatoes in storage February 1, 2019, up 3 percent from February 1, 2018. Potatoes in storage accounted for 51 percent of the fall storage States' 2018 production, the same percentage as the previous year. Potato disappearance, at 206 million cwt, was up 4 percent from February 1, 2018. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 17.1 million cwt, was 9 percent higher than the same time last year. Processors in the 8 major States used 111 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 4 percent from February 2018.
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