Northwest Potato Crop Value Up 2% From 2012

The final value of Idaho’s 2013 potato crop was $1.02 billion, up 2% from 2012. The marketing year average price for potatoes in Idaho was $7.75 per hundredweight, up 70 cents from last year.

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In Oregon, the 2013 potato crop was valued at $189 million, up 4% from last year. The all potato price was $8.75 per hundredweight, up 85 cents from last year.

Washington’s 2013 potato crop was valued at $792 million, up 13% from 2012. The marketing year average price for all potatoes was $8.25 per hundredweight, up 95 cents from the previous year.

In Idaho, fall potato production for 2013 totaled 131 million hundredweight. In Oregon, production was 21.6 million hundredweight. Production in Washington was 96.0 million hundredweight. The combined production for the three states was 63% of U.S. fall potato production in 2013.

Processors in Idaho and Malheur County Oregon used a total of 85.3 million hundredweight in 2013, down 5% from 2012. Washington and Oregon, excluding Malheur County, processors used 80.7 million hundredweight during 2013, up slightly from last year.

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Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service press release

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