Market Report

By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News USDA reports that growers in the 13 reporting states planted 912,000 acres of potatoes in 2025. That is 18,000 fewer acres…

By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News The productivity gains in U.S. potato production have been impressive during the past 75 years, though there have been significant year-over-year…

By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Growers have several things to consider when making planting decisions on 2025 potato acreage. Factors include contract volumes, current and projected…

By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News U.S. and Canadian growers produced 544.81 million cwt of potatoes during 2024. That is 21.91 million cwt, or 3.9 percent, less…

By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News The world’s major French fry producers shipped 2.439 billion pounds of French fries and other frozen potato products to customers outside…

By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Major exporting countries shipped a record 9.433 billion pounds of French fries and other frozen potato products to countries outside of…

By Ben Eborn, Publisher, North American Potato Market News Factors affecting 2024 potato acreage are mixed. Growers have many things to consider when making planting decisions for this year’s potato…