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North Dakota Potato Stocks Total 11.4 Million Cwt.
North Dakota Ag Connection - 02/21/2017
North Dakota growers, dealers, and processors held 11.4 million hundredweight (cwt) of potatoes in storage on February 1, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Current stocks represent 55 percent of the 2016 production.
Total stocks are defined as all potatoes on hand, regardless of use, including those that will be lost through future shrinkage and dumping.
Comparing stocks by type, Russets accounted for 61 percent of the total, down from 52 percent in 2016. Round whites were 18 percent of the total, down from 22 percent in 2016.
Long whites were 6 percent, up from 5 percent in 2016. Reds, at 13 percent of total stocks, were down from 20 percent in 2016. Yellows, at 2 percent, were up from 1 percent in 2016.
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