Oct 23, 2025Report: US potato crop to experience minimal reduction in 2025
The U.S. potato crop can expect a minimal reduction for 2025, according to a report compiled by North American Potato Market News (NAPMN) for the Michigan Potato Industry Commission (MPIC).
The forecast of 421 million cwt nearly equals the 2024 crop. NAPMN projects the 2025 national average yield at 464 cwt per acre, which exceeds the 2024 yield by 9 cwt, and it is 1 cwt more than the 20-year trend yield. The increase was driven by above-average yields in 10 of the 13 reporting states, according to the report.
Michigan’s statewide average yield is projected at 420 cwt per acre, 10 cwt per acre less than USDA’s revised 2024 yield, and 8 cwt less than the three-year average. Michigan growers harvested 47,000 acres, which matches USDA’s estimate. The yield and acreage combination would generate a 19.7 million cwt potato crop — 725,000 cwt, or 3.5%, less than 2024.
Canada crop
Canada’s 2025 potato harvest is wrapping up. Harvest conditions have been generally favorable, though warm weather slowed progress in some regions, according to the report. Growers in several provinces have finished digging, with most growers in Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island (PEI) expected to finish by the weekend of Oct. 25.
NAPMN expects Canada to produce 124.4 million cwt of potatoes in 2025, 3.8 million cwt less than in 2024 but still the country’s third-largest potato crop on record, behind 2023 and 2024. Combined production in Ontario and Quebec, Canada’s largest chip potato-producing provinces, is forecast to fall 716,00 cwt, or 3%, below the 2024 crop. At least part of that reduction is likely in chip potatoes, according to the report.
Poor yields will make supplies tight in PEI, while chip potato production in New Brunswick and Alberta should be sufficient for local needs.
