U.S. POTATO SALES HIT $2.63 BILLION ACCORDING TO LATEST REPORT
POTATO sales in Idaho, Oregon and Washington hit $2.63 billion last year, according to figures released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), with Washington and Oregon seeing sold crop increases of 23% and 13% respectively on 2022, while Idaho’s was down by 11%.
Production in all three states increased. Washington’s production was up the most, seeing a 9% increase on 2022, while Idaho and Oregon each saw a 1% production increase.
The value of all potatoes sold in 2023 in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington was $2.63 billion.
The final value of Idaho’s 2023 potato crop sold was $1.26 billion and the marketing year average price for potatoes in Idaho was $9.63 per cwt, down $2.87 from last year.
In Oregon, the 2023 potato crop sold was valued at $284 million and the potato price was $11.60 per cwt, up $1.30 from last year.
Washington’s 2023 potato crop sold was valued at $1.09 billion and the marketing year average price for potatoes was $11.20 per cwt, up $1.32 from the previous year.
In Idaho, potato production for 2023 totaled 143 million cwt, Oregon’s production was 26.7 million cwt, and Washington’s was 104 million cwt. The combined production for the three states was 62% of US potato production in 2023.
Processors in Idaho used 84.1 million cwt of potatoes for the season. In Oregon, 38.5 million cwt of potatoes had been used by processors for the season. Of the total, 9.87 million cwt had been used in Malheur County and 28.6 million cwt had been used in other counties. In Washington, 64.6 million cwt of potatoes had been used by processors for the season. Processors in the eight States used 232 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 6% from the previous year.
A full version of the report can be downloaded here.
Photo: Binyamin Mellish
