Potato facts and fun
They are the stuff of songs world wide. Who knows that more about this subject than those of us living and loving in Idaho. I’ll tell you in a sec. DS
I asked USDA research economist Catharine Weber about the various ways that potatoes can be prepared and consumed.
You can boil them, you can mash them, you can eat them fried. You can have potato chips. You can dehydrate them and reconstitute them and make mashed potatoes. There's so many things you can do with the potato.
The USDA Nass 2025 Potato Planted acreage forecast is 912,000 acres, a 2% reduction from last year. If realized, the 2025 potato planted acres would be the smallest since 1954. The US average potato yield in 2025 is expected to be more than double the average yield in the 1950s. The Pacific Northwest account for about 55% of the 2025 potato acreage forecast.
