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USDA Doesn't Issue April 1 Potato Stock Report for Nebraska
Nebraska Ag Connection - 04/19/2018
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service did not publish an estimate of Nebraska potatoes in storage on April 1 to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
The USDA reported the 13 major potato states held 134 million cwt. of potatoes in storage April 1, up 2 percent from the same date a year ago.
The USDA said potatoes in storage accounted for 33 percent of the fall storage states' 2017 production, 1 percent more than last year.
Potato stocks in Idaho totaled 50 million cwt. on April 1, down 4% from 52 million cwt. from a year ago. As a percent of production, Idaho potato stocks represented 38 percent of the state's 2017 production, up 1 percent from a year ago.
Shipping point prices for Idaho size 60-count cartons of Idaho russet burbank potatoes were trading at $12.50-$13 per 50-pound carton on April 17, up from $9.50-$10 per carton a year ago.
Shipping point prices for cartons of 10 5-pound bags of Idaho potatoes were $5-$6.50 per carton on April 17, also up from $3.50-$4.50 per carton a year ago.
In Washington, the state with the second-highest potato stocks on April 1, the USDA reported 30 million cwt. of potatoes on hand. That was up 3.4% from 29 million cwt. the same time a year ago. Washington's stocks accounted for 30 percent of 2017 production, up from 27 percent of 2016 production on hand on April 1 last year.
The April potato stocks report said U.S. potato disappearance, at 266 million cwt., was down 3% from a year ago.
Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 19.3 million cwt, was 8 percent lower than the same time last year, according to the report. Processors in the eight major states used 146 million cwt., up 1 percent from April 2017.
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