Table 8
Area, production and value of fall harvest potatoes, United States (metric measures)

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Area, production and value of fall harvest potatoes, United States (metric measures)
  Seeded area Harvested area Average yield Production Amount utilized Average price 1 Total value of sales 1
  hectares tonnes per hectare tonnes Canadian dollars per tonne thousands of dollars
1999 486,854 471,921 41.3 19,497,860 17,944,189 169.48 3,041,103
2000 494,989 482,524 44.0 21,207,115 19,290,202 150.77 2,908,469
2001 441,649 434,041 41.1 17,855,102 16,504,281 223.79 3,693,413
2002 458,970 447,274 41.9 18,760,034 17,427,085 193.45 3,371,267
2003 448,003 441,892 42.2 18,641,735 17,101,128 152.10 2,601,053
2004 421,171 414,130 45.0 18,628,581 16,979,609 137.58 2,336,123
2005 392,438 384,870 45.2 17,398,418 16,131,286 164.59 2,655,095
2006 402,960 398,225 45.5 18,106,623 16,798,849 164.44 2,762,438
2007 407,857 401,948 45.9 18,452,448 17,224,190 154.61 2,662,954
2008 376,573 372,769 45.8 17,072,869 .. .. ..
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.