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Michigan Potato Stocks Down 21 Percent
Michigan Ag Connection - 04/18/2019
Potato stocks in Michigan on April 1, 2019, were 3.0 million cwt, down 21 percent from last year's 3.8 million cwt. April's stocks represent 16 percent of the total production. Stocks include potatoes stored by both processors and growers.
The 13 major potato States held 143 million cwt of potatoes in storage April 1, 2019, up 3 percent from April 1, 2018. Potatoes in storage accounted for 34 percent of the fall storage States' 2018 production, the same percentage as the previous year.
Potato disappearance, at 277 million cwt, was up 3 percent from April 1, 2018. Season-to-date shrink and loss, at 20.5 million cwt, was 6 percent higher than the same time last year. Processors in the 8 major States used 150 million cwt of potatoes for the season, up 3 percent from April 2018.
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