As of April 1st, Northwest potato stocks totaled 87.4 million hundredweight.

When looking at the individual states, in Washington, potato stocks totaled 29.5 million cwt. Meanwhile disappearance totaled 73.6 million cwt. In Oregon, potato stocks totaled 8.9 million cwt, with disappearance coming in at 16.2 million cwt. And in Idaho, stocks on April 1st, came in a 49.0 million cwt, with disappearance of the crop at 81.9 million cwt.

Nationally, the 13 major potato States held 132 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1st, down 7% year over year.


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