The US Potato Stocks on June 1 are Down from 2022

In the US, potatoes held in storage by the major potato States on June 1, 2023, totaled 3.05m, down 3% from June 1, 2022. Potatoes in storage accounted for 14% of the 2023 production, virtually unchanged from a year earlier.

The indicated season-to-date disappearance, at 18.9m tons, was down 4% from the same period last year. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 1.2m tons, was down 1% from the same time last year.

According to the latest USDA data, potato stocks in Idaho on June 1, 2023, totaled 1.06m tons. The disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 5.69m tons. On June 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 156,800 tons. Disappearance to date was 1.23m tons. In Washington, on June 1 potato stocks totaled 728,000 tons. Disappearance to date totaled 4.33m tons.

Processors in Idaho used 3.47m tons of potatoes for the season. Malheur County, Oregon used 474,320 tons of potatoes for the season. The combined Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon usage was down 2% from June 1, 2022. In Washington, 3.03m tons of potatoes had been used by processors for the season. In the other parts of Oregon, 1.45m tons of potatoes had been processed. Combined Washington and other Oregon usage was down 6% from the previous year. Processors in the 8 States used 10.4m tons of potatoes for the season, down 4% from June 2022.