Potato Production Down In U.S., Canada
February 10, 2011 The 2010 fall potato production for the U.S. and Canada combined is estimated at 458 million cwt, down 7% from 2009.
According to reports from Statistics Canada and USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, the U.S. fall potato production is estimated at 361 million cwt, 8% below 2009. Canada’s potato growers harvested 97 million cwt, down 4% from 2009.
Potato production in 2010 was the lowest of the decade, according to the report. The second-lowest was 379 million cwt. in 2008.
For more information, go to http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/uscanpot/uscanpot-01-21-2011.pdf.
Source: USDA
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Potato Production Down In U.S., Canada
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