Feb 21, 20082007 Potato Production up 2 Percent from 2006
Total U.S. potato production for the 2007 crop year (September-August) is reported at 449 million cwt., a 2 percent increase from a year earlier, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service. Despite somewhat larger supplies this winter, prices remain steady, with the January preliminary average price received for all potatoes at $7.11 per cwt., about the same as a year earlier.
Read USDA’s entire Vegetables and Melons Outlook, including a summary of the 2007 potato crop year at the USDA’s Economics, Statistics and Market Information System.
