INDUSTRY DIRECTORY

ID PROCESSING DOWN

Published online: Dec 13, 2010 Potato Storage
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Potato processors in Idaho and Malheur County, Ore., used 6.99 million cwt of raw potatoes during October, down 1 percent from Oct. 2009, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Cumulative processing of 2010 crop raw potatoes to Nov. 1 in Idaho and Malheur County, Ore., was 14.6 million cwt, down 14 percent from last year. Idaho potatoes accounted for 10.4 million cwt of the total processed. The remaining 4.18 million cwt were produced in other states. Processors in Washington and Other Oregon Counties have used 20.8 million cwt of 2010 crop raw potatoes to Nov. 1, up 9 percent from last year.

Processing in other areas will first be published on Dec 15, 2010.