The USDA NASS has provided an update on the U.S. potato crop in its weekly crop progress report (https://www.nass.usda.gov/) for last week. Here’s a sample of what the latest report showed. There are some states with no report and we assume it’s because planting hasn’t started yet.
Oregon – The report shows 24 percent of Oregon’s 2025 potato crop has been planted thus far. The five-year average of what has been planted by this time of year is 25 percent, so the state is slightly behind its average. Last year at this time, 28 percent of the crop had been planted.
Washington – Just to the north, 13 percent of the potato crop has been planted in Washington. That’s just behind the five-year average of 17 percent. A year ago just 11 percent of the crop had been planted.
Idaho – The NASS shows 5 percent of the 2025 crop having been planted, which is a percentage point behind the five-year 6 percent average. It is right at last year’s planting, which also stood at 5 percent.