Potato stocks in North Dakota are up 15 percent from a year ago.
The USDA says in its latest report that growers, dealers and processors in the state held 1.95 billion pounds of potatoes in storage on Dec. 1. Current stocks represent 72 percent of production, up 1 percent from last year.
In North Dakota, Russet Burbank accounted for 35.6 percent of potato acreage planted, followed by Prospect at 11.8 percent and Umatilla at 10 percent.