Pot 11-1 (1-10) United States and Canadian Potatoes Washington, D.C. Released January 22, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "United States and Canadian Potatoes" call Tierra Mobley at 202-720-4285, or Barbara McLaughlin at 902-893-7251, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Combined U.S. Fall Potato and Canadian Potato Production Up 3 Percent From 2008 This publication is the result of a joint effort by Statistics Canada and USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to publish potato production for both countries in one report. U.S. 2009 fall potato production was released January 12, 2010 and Canadian production was released January 22, 2010. The 2009 fall potato production for the U.S. and Canada combined is estimated at 495 million cwt, up 3 percent from 2008. The U.S. fall potato production is estimated at 394 million cwt, 4 percent higher than 2008. Canada's potato growers harvested 101 million cwt, down 2 percent from 2008. Fall Potatoes: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Utilized Production, Price, and Farm Value, United States, 2000-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area : : : : : Crop :-------------------: : Total :Utilized : : Value of Year : Planted :Harvested:Yield: Prod : Prod 1/ : Price : Sales 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Acres -- Cwt --- 1,000 Cwt --- Dollars 1,000 Dollars : 2000 : 1,223.1 1,192.3 392 467,529 425,269 4.55 1,910,952 2001 : 1,091.3 1,072.5 367 393,631 363,851 6.54 2,348,006 2002 : 1,134.1 1,105.2 374 413,581 384,195 5.89 2,232,627 2003 : 1,107.0 1,091.9 376 410,973 377,364 5.22 1,942,160 2004 : 1,040.7 1,023.3 401 410,683 374,730 5.12 1,880,920 2005 : 969.7 951.0 403 383,563 356,378 6.53 2,297,647 2006 : 995.7 984.0 406 399,176 370,797 6.67 2,448,546 2007 : 1,007.8 993.2 410 406,800 378,518 7.04 2,636,885 2008 : 931.1 922.0 411 378,588 353,635 8.49 2,967,871 2009 : 937.1 919.6 428 393,503 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes potatoes sold and used on farm where grown for human consumption, seed, and livestock feed. 2/ Includes value of potatoes sold. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Potatoes: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Utilized Production, Price, and Farm Value, Canada, 2000-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area : : : : : Crop :-------------------: : Total :Utilized : : Farm Year : Planted :Harvested:Yield: Prod : Prod 1/ :Price 2/ : Value 2/ 3/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres Cwt --- 1,000 Cwt --- Dollars 1,000 Dollars : 2000 : 409.4 393.5 255.9 100,693 91,664 5.16 472,785 2001 : 418.7 411.8 225.9 93,045 91,044 6.71 611,188 2002 : 437.6 422.3 245.6 103,731 101,305 6.47 655,940 2003 : 457.5 447.0 260.5 116,458 110,441 5.97 659,281 2004 : 433.2 424.4 272.0 115,431 108,868 6.16 670,122 2005 : 405.3 386.2 253.1 97,754 95,192 8.60 818,953 2006 : 401.9 391.0 287.1 112,241 107,926 7.64 824,897 2007 : 399.2 395.2 278.3 109,982 106,510 9.00 958,170 2008 : 379.9 373.4 277.3 103,560 99,950 10.13 1,012,479 2009 : 371.1 361.6 279.3 100,997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes potatoes sold and used on farm where grown for human consumption, seed, and livestock feed. 2/ Converted to United States dollars. 3/ Includes value of potatoes sold and used on farm where grown for human consumption, seed, and livestock feed. Source: Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada Potatoes: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Utilized Production, Price, and Farm Value, United States and Canada Combined, 2000-2009 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area : : : : : Crop :-------------------: : Total :Utilized : : Year : Planted :Harvested:Yield: Prod : Prod 2/ :Price 3/ : Value 3/ 4/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Acres -- Cwt --- 1,000 Cwt --- Dollars 1,000 Dollars : 2000 : 1,632.5 1,585.8 358.3 568,222 516,933 4.61 2,383,737 2001 : 1,510.0 1,484.3 327.9 486,676 454,895 6.51 2,959,194 2002 : 1,571.7 1,527.5 338.7 517,312 485,500 5.95 2,888,567 2003 : 1,564.5 1,538.9 342.7 527,431 487,805 5.33 2,601,441 2004 : 1,473.9 1,447.7 363.4 526,114 483,598 5.28 2,551,042 2005 : 1,375.0 1,337.2 359.9 481,317 451,570 6.90 3,116,600 2006 : 1,397.6 1,375.0 371.9 511,417 478,723 6.84 3,273,443 2007 : 1,407.0 1,388.4 372.2 516,782 485,028 7.41 3,595,055 2008 : 1,311.0 1,295.4 372.2 482,148 453,585 8.78 3,980,350 2009 : 1,308.2 1,281.2 386.0 494,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Fall potatoes only for the United States and all potatoes for Canada. 2/ Includes potatoes sold and used on farm where grown for human consumption, seed, and livestock feed. 3/ Converted to United States dollars. 4/ Includes value of potatoes sold for the United States and value of potatoes sold and used on farm where grown for human consumption, seed, and livestock feed for Canada. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service and Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada Potatoes: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Utilized Production, Price, and Farm Value, United States by Season, 2008-2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Year: Area : : : : : and :-------------------: : Total :Utilized : : Value of Season : Planted :Harvested:Yield: Prod : Prod 1/ : Price : Sales 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 Acres -- Cwt --- 1,000 Cwt --- Dollars 1,000 Dollars : 2008 : Winter : 11.0 11.0 230 2,530 2,475 20.00 49,384 Spring : 70.3 68.8 293 20,132 19,165 14.97 286,371 Summer : 47.2 45.1 306 13,805 13,341 14.34 190,568 Fall : 931.1 922.0 411 378,588 353,635 8.49 2,967,871 : Total : 1,059.6 1,046.9 396 415,055 388,616 8.42 3,494,193 : 2009 : Winter : 9.0 8.7 245 2,132 Spring : 79.2 73.7 289 21,321 Summer : 44.5 43.0 336 14,469 Fall : 937.1 919.6 428 393,503 : Total : 1,069.8 1,045.0 413 431,425 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes potatoes sold and used on farm where grown for human consumption, seed, and livestock feed. 2/ Includes value of potatoes sold. 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