C4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 23,1993
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Pennsylvania’s production of
fall potatoes for 1992 totaled
4,940,000 cwt., up 41 percent
from 1991, according to the Penn
sylvania Agriculture Statistics
Service. The value of production
was 33.3 million dollars, up 27
percent from 1991.
Potato sales totaled 4,394,000
cwt., or 89 percent of the 1992
crop. In 1991, 3,308,000 cwt., or
95 percent of the total production,
was sold. The average price re
ceived in 1992 was $6.75 per cwt.,
compared to $7.50 in 1991. Of the
total production, 83,000 cwt were
used on the farms where produced
and 463,000 cwt. went to shrink
age and other losses. Farm use ac
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Potato Production Up In 1992
counted for 38,000 cwt. in 1991
and shrinkage and other losses
were 154,00 cwt.
Farm marketings of the 1992'
crop, by months, were as follows:
August, 14 percent; September, 22
percent; October, 14 percent; No
vember, 12 percent; December, 8
percent; January, 9 percent;
February, 8 percent; March, 7 per
cent; April, 3 percent; May, 3 per
cent.
Nationally, acreage of all pota
toes harvested in 1992 totaled 1.32
million, down 4 percent from the
previous year. Yield per acre aver
aged a record high 323 cwt, up 19
cwt from 1991. Production total
ed 425 million cwt in 1992, an in
crease of 2 percent from the pre-
vious year.
The volume of potatoes sold
was a record high 386 million,
cwt, up 2 percent from 1991. Val
ue of the 1992 potato crop was es
timated at $2.34 billion, up 14 per
cent from a year earlier. The aver
age price was $5.52 per cwt..
Hall Of Fame Search Begins
ANNAPOLIS. Md. Gover
nor William Donald Schaefer an
nounced that the search has begun
for the 1994 Governor’s Agricul
ture “Hall of Fame” candidates.
“This ‘Hall of Fame* recogniz
es the tremendous contributions of
fanners and their families to agri
culture in Maryland,” Governor
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compared with $4.96 in 1991.
Utilization placed a record high
229 million cwt. of potatoes in the
hands of processors, 127 million
cwt. was sold for fresh market,
and other sales (diversion, seed
and livestock feed) totaled 29.4
million cwt. Non-sales at 39.7
Schaefer said.
The award was created by
Governor Schaefer in 1991 to
honor leaders in the agricultural
industry who exemplify high
standards of achievement and
commitment to the community.
Nominating committees are be
ing created in each county. A
governor’s selection committee
—chaired by the secretary of agri
culture and including the director
of the Maryland Cooperative Ex
tension Service, president of the
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million cwt were up 3 percent
from 1991. Shrinkage and loss
were estimated at 33.8 million
cwt., feed and home use totaled
1.18 million cwt, and 4.7 S million
cwt. was kept by growers for seed
on their own farms.
Maryland Farm Bureau, Master of
the Maryland State Grange, and
three other members named by the
secretary, including the winner
from the previous year will re
view all county nominations and
select award winners.
For more information on the se
lection process and the name of
the coordinator for your county,
call Suzie Harrison at (410)
841-5770.
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