Potato stocks in Idaho on December 1, 2018 totaled 100 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 38.6 million cwt. December 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 21.0 million cwt. Disappearance to date was 7.5 million cwt. In Washington, December 1 potato stocks totaled 62.0 million cwt. Disappearance to date totaled 44.4 million cwt.
Nationally, the 13 major potato States held 283 million cwt of potatoes in storage December 1, 2018, up 3 percent from December 1, 2017. Potatoes in storage accounted for 68 percent of the fall storage States' 2018 production, 1 percentage point less than last year. Potato disappearance, at 135 million cwt, was up 7 percent from December 1, 2017.
Season-to date shrink and loss, at 13.4 million cwt, was 13 percent higher than the same time last year. Processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon used 24.1million cwt of potatoes for the season, down 3 percent from December l, 2017. In Washington and other Oregon counties, 36.3 million cwt of potatoes had been used by processors for the season, up 10 percent from the previous year. Processors in the 8 major States used 72.6 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 5 percent from December 1, 2017. Dehydrated usage accounted for 12.5 million cwt of the total potatoes processed, up 18 percent from the previous year.
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