Table 4
Area, production and value of fall harvest potatoes, United States (imperial measures)

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Area, production and value of fall harvest potatoes, United States (imperial measures)
  Seeded area Harvested area Average yield Production Amount utilized Average price 1 Total value of sales 1
  acres hundredweight per acre hundredweight Canadian dollars per hundredweight thousands of dollars
1999 1,203,000 1,166,100 369 429,847,000 395,595,000 7.79 3,041,103
2000 1,223,100 1,192,300 392 467,529,000 425,269,000 6.92 2,908,469
2001 1,091,300 1,072,500 367 393,631,000 363,851,000 10.29 3,693,413
2002 1,134,100 1,105,200 374 413,581,000 384,195,000 8.90 3,371,267
2003 1,107,000 1,091,900 376 410,973,000 377,009,000 7.00 2,601,053
2004 1,040,700 1,023,300 401 410,683,000 374,330,000 6.32 2,336,123
2005 969,700 951,000 403 383,563,000 355,628,000 7.56 2,655,095
2006 995,700 984,000 406 399,176,000 370,345,000 7.55 2,762,438
2007 1,007,800 993,200 410 406,800,000 379,722,000 7.09 2,662,954
2008 930,500 921,100 409 376,386,000 .. .. ..
1.
American data includes the price and value only for potatoes sold. It does not include a value for potatoes used on farm where grown for seed, livestock feed and home consumption.
Note(s):
This release includes revisions to United State's potato area planted, harvested and production resulting from their 2007 Census of Agriculture. Revisions to utilized production, price and value of sales may be made with their January 30th. release.
Source(s):
National Agricultural Statistics Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.