Fall potato production in the U.S. and Canada in 2014 was up 2 percent from the year before.
About 510 million cwt. of potatoes were produced last fall, according to a recent North American Potatoes report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
About 408 million cwt. were produced in the U.S., 102 million cwt. in Canada. The U.S. total is 3 percent higher than the year before; the Canadian total is 1 percent lower.
U.S. harvested acreage was 929,500 acres, down from 930,500 acres in 2013. U.S. yields increased from 425 cwt. to 439 cwt. per acre.
Canadian acreage fell from 351,300 in 2013 to 343,700 last year. Yields rose from 292 cwt. to 297 cwt. per acre.
Source: The Packer