Contents Section 1— NPC Year in Review, U.S. POTATO PRICING, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION Issues, and Resolutions U.S. Monthly and Season-Average Grower Price .............. 70 Message from the NPC President.......................... 2 U.S. Monthly Retail Price ............................... 71 Message from the NPC Executive Vice President and CEO........ 3 Farm Marketings of All Potatoes.......................... 71 NPC Year in Review.................................... 4 Quantity of Potatoes Used for Processing . 72 NPC Resolutions ..................................... 13 Number of Chip and Shoestring Plants and Quantity Used ...... 73 Marketing Year Average Price Received for Potatoes . 74 Section 2—NPC Delegates, U.S. per Capita Utilization of Potatoes...................... 75 Board of Directors, and Committees Utilization of Potatoes ................................. 76 NPC Executive Committee ............................. 22 WORLD POTATO PRODUCTION NPC Board of Directors . 22 World Potato Production ............................... 77 NPC Past Presidents .................................. 23 Selected U.S. Exports ................................. 78 NPC Committees and Subcommittees ..................... 24 Selected U.S. Imports ................................. 78 State Voting Delegates ................................ 26 POTATO QUICK FACTS Section 3—NPC Members and Potato Nutrition...................................... 80 Industry Contacts Potato Production, Consumption, and Exports ................ 81 State Potato Grower Organizations........................ 30 NPC Sustaining Members .............................. 32 Advertising Index NPC Grower Supporters................................ 39 AMVAC............................................ 20 Regulatory Contacts .................................. 42 Bayer CropScience ................................... 12 Seed Potato Certification Offices ......................... 44 Colorado Potatoes ................................... 37 National Potato Industry Organizations . 45 ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston ........................... 21 Farm Credit ........................................ 38 Section 4—United States Potato Board Idaho Potato Commission .............................. 29 USPB Executive Committee ............................. 47 Maine Potato Board................................... 43 Message from the USPB Chairman ....................... 47 McCain Foods....................................... 41 USPB International Marketing............................ 48 Michigan Potatoes ................................... 59 USPB Domestic Marketing ............................. 53 Minnesota Department of Agriculture ...................... 73 USPB Board Members................................. 58 National Potato Council ................................ 60 North Carolina Potato Growers........................... 27 Section 5—Potato Statistics North Dakota Certified Seed............................. 74 U.S. POTATO PRODUCTION Northern Plains Potato Growers Association ................. 68 Production, Disposition, and Value of U.S. Potatoes ............ 61 Oregon Potato Commission ............................. 45 Potato Acres Planted and Harvested by Seasonal Group ........ 62 POTATO EXPO 2014 .................................. 79 Potato Yield and Production in Cwt by Seasonal Group ......... 63 Simplot............................................ 25 Production, Seed Use, Farm Disposition, Price, and Value ....... 64 United States Potato Board ................... inside front cover Price per Cwt and Value of Production ..................... 65 Washington State Potato Commission ..................... 46 Percent of Fall Potato Acreage Planted by Type of Potato........ 66 Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association .......... 76 Potato Stocks Held by Growers, Local Dealers, and Processors ... 66 Wisconsin Seed Potato Improvement Association ............. 20 Top 50 Registered Seed Potato Varieties Grown in Canada ...... 67 Zimmatic by Lindsay .................................. 59 Fall Potato Acres Planted for Certified Seed ................. 68 Certified Seed Potato Acres Accepted - USA ................. 69 Special thanks to Spudman for their photo contributions for the cover design. 2013 Potato Statistical Yearbook · May 2013 1 Message from the President uring his final address to potato growers in January, 2012 NPC President Steve Crane of The National Potato Council Maine compared last year’s potato industry policy efforts to a football game: he said we drove NPC leads the charge on behalf of U.S. potato a number of our priorities down the field only to have them stopped right before the goal line. growers and industry members in our nation’s D capital. NPC protects potato growers’ interests in e farm bill, the fresh potato Mexico access issue, and efforts to include fresh potatoes in the Washington, D.C. by addressing issues that affect WIC program all came immediately to my mind as I was listening to Steve’s remarks. Although the potato industry, from policy issues debated in we may not have put a lot of points up on the board, we believe the legwork done by NPC and our Congress to regulatory issues proposed by federal state partners will yield opportunities to get these issues into the end zone in 2013. agencies. e industry’s commitment to retaining specialty crop Grassroots Driven, Member Led research, pest and disease, and marketing funding in a • U.S. potato growers, representing diverse long-term farm bill is one of our industry’s highest-priority growing regions, develop national policies issues. As we all know, the 2012 Farm Bill advanced in and speak with a unified voice Congress only to be held up at the end of the year. And • NPC’s President, Executive Committee, while a temporary extension of agriculture policy was and Board of Directors — made up of granted through September 2013, several important potato grower volunteers — oversee the research programs, like the Specialty Crop Research implementation of NPC policy initiatives Initiative, were not funded through that extension. • Potato D.C. Fly-In allows attendees the As the new Congress starts to write a new five-year farm opportunity to provide real-world examples bill, the growers who make up the National Potato Council of how decisions made in Washington, D.C. will be called on once more to fight to retain the specialty impact their ability to farm crop gains made in the 2008 Farm Bill. At stake is $3 billion Securing a Healthy Future in critical funding that will help growers manage pests of concern, conduct potato research, and expand export markets for potatoes and potato products. • Educating U.S. legislators and regulators When we need you and your neighbors to contact your members of Congress to advocate for these on crucial industry issues initiatives, I hope you will heed the call because your voice makes a real difference. • Ensuring fair market access to foreign markets for potatoes and potato products e single most important trade priority for the year ahead is getting approval by the Mexican • Promoting science-based phytosanitary policy government to ship U.S. potatoes throughout their country. • Securing funding for potato breeding, Last year, the U.S. potato industry was agonizingly close to achieving this long-sought goal, only pest management, and disease research to have the Mexican government publish a market access document that held up the agreement. • Maintaining access to pest management tools NPC, state potato organizations, and the U.S. government continue to work with Mexico to and advanced production technologies alleviate their concerns. e path to success on this issue is far from guaranteed but, by the end of the year, I hope to be able to report that this $150 million market is open for business. • Fostering environmental stewardship • Supporting strong and effective state Finally, building off NPC’s success in bringing common sense to USDA’s school meal rules, we will potato organizations continue to encourage the inclusion of nutritious fresh potatoes in all federal feeding programs, • Developing the next generation of including the WIC program. agricultural leaders Designed to help low income mothers and their young children supplement the nutritional quality of their diets, the WIC program currently prohibits participants from buying fresh white potatoes Supported by Growers (more commonly referred to as Irish potatoes) with program vouchers. While including potatoes and Industry in the program will not result in a financial windfall for the industry, it will send a strong message • Donations from NPC Grower Supporters that potatoes are an important and efficient nutrient delivery vehicle that should be included in all • Production-based contributions from federal nutrition programs. state potato organizations As NPC’s 2013 president, I look forward to teaming up with the council’s leadership and with • Corporate memberships and sponsorships growers from across the country so that, with time and energy, we can get these and other priorities across the goal line. ank you, and have a safe and successful 2013. Randy Mullen NPC President Owner of Mullen Farms, Inc., Pasco, Washington 2 National Potato Council Message from the Executive Vice President and CEO n 1948, the National Potato Council was created to represent the interests of America’s 45,000 potato growers. NPC STAFF at year, nearly two million acres of potatoes were harvested nationwide, yielding 138 cwt per acre for a total John Keeling