The USDA Agricultural Research Service has released its projected crop plantings for the U.S. in 2025. This projection, however, does not include potatoes.
Overall projected plantings of all crops in the U.S. is estimated at 309,940,000 acres, down from 311,208,000 acres in 2024, which is a drop of 1,268,000 acres or 1 percent.
There are a handful of figures that do include potatoes on the ARS report. Those include:
- 930,000 acres of potatoes were planted in 2024 but only 925,400 acres were harvested.
- The average yield per acre in the U.S. in 2024 was 454 cwt. with an overall production of 420,242,000 cwt.
Potato planting should begin in the next few weeks and once the USDA starts releasing planting figures, we’ll track them on our webpage.