North American Potatoes ISSN: 2159-743X Released December 19, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Combined United States and Canada Potato Production Down 2 Percent From 2024 This publication is the result of a joint effort by Dirección General del Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y Pesquera (DGSIAP), Statistics Canada, and USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to publish potato production for three countries in one report. All data contained in this report comes from previously published data. The 2025 potato production for the United States and Canada combined is estimated at 538 million cwt, down 2 percent from the 2024 estimate. The United States potato production is estimated at 412 million cwt, down 2 percent from last year. Canada's potato growers harvested 126 million cwt, down 1 percent from 2024. The 2024 potato production for the United States, Canada, and Mexico combined is 595 million cwt, down 3 percent from the 2023 estimate. The United States 2024 potato production is estimated at 421 million cwt, down 4 percent from 2023. Canada's potato growers harvested 127 million cwt during 2023, up slightly from 2023. Mexico's potato growers harvested 46.8 million cwt during 2024, up 7 percent from 2023. Potato Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Price, and Value of Production - United States: 2016-2025 [Beginning in 2019, total includes all potatoes. Previous years were fall potato totals. Blank cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area : : : : Crop year :-----------------------------------: : Total : : Value of : Planted : Harvested : Yield : production : Price : production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 acres ----- cwt 1,000 cwt dollars 1,000 dollars : 2016 ...........: 935.8 921.6 448 412,688 8.46 3,490,650 2017 ...........: 919.7 914.7 445 406,800 8.28 3,378,346 2018 ...........: 914.7 906.6 457 414,499 8.48 3,516,729 2019 ...........: 960.3 934.3 453 423,189 9.93 4,202,757 2020 ...........: 919.5 911.6 460 419,781 9.30 3,902,277 2021 ...........: 939.0 929.6 444 412,639 10.20 4,204,117 2022 ...........: 923.0 918.2 438 402,054 12.90 5,166,427 2023 ...........: 966.0 961.1 458 440,132 12.30 5,393,342 2024 ...........: 932.0 927.0 454 421,172 11.70 4,948,450 2025 ...........: 901.0 894.8 461 412,062 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Potato Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Price, and Value of Production - Canada: 2016-2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area : : : : Crop year :-------------------------------: : Total : : Value of : Planted : Harvested : Yield :production : Price 1/ : production 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 acres ---- cwt 1,000 cwt dollars 1,000 dollars : 2016 .........: 346.4 340.6 308.9 105,224 (NA) (NA) 2017 .........: 344.0 340.1 313.7 106,673 (NA) (NA) 2018 .........: 348.4 330.5 310.0 102,447 (NA) (NA) 2019 .........: 362.6 342.1 306.7 104,937 (NA) (NA) 2020 .........: 360.9 355.8 292.5 104,066 (NA) (NA) 2021 .........: 384.3 380.0 318.7 121,111 (NA) (NA) 2022 .........: 385.1 380.0 325.1 123,520 (NA) (NA) 2023 .........: 392.7 381.7 331.7 126,593 (NA) (NA) 2024 .........: 391.5 383.5 331.2 127,025 (NA) (NA) 2025 .........: 395.9 391.7 321.2 125,835 (NA) (NA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) Not available. 1/ Converted to United States dollars. Source: Agriculture Division, Statistics Canada Potato Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Price, and Value of Production - Mexico: 2016-2025 [Blank cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area : : : : Crop year :-----------------------------------: : Total : : Value of : Planted : Harvested : Yield : production : Price 1/ : production 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- 1,000 acres ----- cwt 1,000 cwt dollars 1,000 dollars : 2016 ...........: 159.3 159.0 249.2 39,612 14.64 579,793 2017 ...........: 146.5 146.4 258.3 37,820 15.78 596,952 2018 ...........: 149.1 149.0 266.7 39,740 18.55 737,069 2019 ...........: 147.6 144.4 272.3 39,328 18.48 726,720 2020 ...........: 152.0 150.4 285.0 42,855 16.38 701,870 2021 ...........: 151.5 151.5 283.5 42,940 18.81 807,546 2022 ...........: 148.5 148.5 278.9 41,424 19.40 803,786 2023 ...........: 154.3 153.5 285.2 43,787 22.44 982,713 2024 ...........: 161.3 160.4 291.9 46,819 23.64 1,106,627 2025 ...........: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Converted to United States dollars. Source: Dirección General del Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y Pesquera (DGSIAP). Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Total Production, Price, and Value of Production - North America: 2016-2025 [Beginning in 2019, total includes all potatoes for the United States, Canada and Mexico. Previous years were fall potato totals only for the United States and all potatoes for Canada and Mexico. Blank cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area : : : : Crop year :-----------------------------------: : Total : : Value of : Planted : Harvested : Yield : production : Price : production -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 acres ------ cwt 1,000 cwt dollars 1,000 dollars : 2016 ...........: 1,441.5 1,421.2 392.3 557,524 (NA) (NA) 2017 ...........: 1,410.2 1,401.2 393.4 551,293 (NA) (NA) 2018 ...........: 1,412.2 1,386.1 401.6 556,686 (NA) (NA) 2019 ...........: 1,470.5 1,420.8 399.4 567,454 (NA) (NA) 2020 ...........: 1,432.4 1,417.8 399.7 566,702 (NA) (NA) 2021 ...........: 1,474.8 1,461.1 394.7 576,690 (NA) (NA) 2022 ...........: 1,456.6 1,446.7 391.9 566,998 (NA) (NA) 2023 ...........: 1,513.0 1,496.3 408.0 610,512 (NA) (NA) 2024 ...........: 1,484.8 1,470.9 404.5 595,016 (NA) (NA) 2025 ...........: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) Not available. 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