Chipping potato storage supplies are tightening. New crop harvesting typically begins early June.

Storage crop

• To extend storage stocks, suppliers are filling orders based on six-week averages
• Quality continues to weaken in finished pack-outs
  • External defects exceeding the USDA standard tolerance of 10 percent will be seen
  • Internal defects surpassing 5 percent the USDA tolerance will also be present
• Suppliers are sorting through product that would normally be culled out in order to fill orders
• Some operators may consider shifting to gold/yellow or Russet potatoes until new crop chipping potatoes become available
• Remaining stocks will exhibit multiple quality concerns:
  • Discoloration
  • Thin skins
  • Pressure and shoulder bruising
  • Mixed sizing

New Crop

• California is expected to begin harvesting in early June
• Arizona’s production will start by early July
• New Mexico will harvest in mid-August

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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