Canadian potato production, 2012

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The 2012 potato crop is estimated at 100,474,000 hundredweight (4 557 501 tonnes), up 8.6% from 2011. Both harvested area and average yield increased in 2012. The 2012 potato yield was 275.5 hundredweight per acre (30.88 tonnes per hectare), up 3.9% from 2011. The area planted increased 3.1% to 371,700 acres (150 427 hectares), and 364,700 acres (147 594 hectares) were harvested, up 4.5% from 2011.

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Data are subject to revision.

The publication Canadian Potato Production contains additional tables comparing the area, production and value of potatoes for Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Available without charge in CANSIM: tables CANSIM table001-0014, CANSIM table001-0045 and CANSIM table001-0070.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey numbers survey number3401, survey number3407, survey number3436, survey number3446, survey number3465, survey number7526 and survey number7529.

The November 2012 issue of Canadian Potato Production, Vol. 10, no. 2 (Catalogue number22-008-X, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications.

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