NewsU.S. potato stocks up two per cent

U.S. potato stocks up two per cent

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The 13 major potato States held 134 million cwt (6.81 million ton) of potatoes in storage April 1, 2018, up two per cent from April 1, 2017, according to a USDA report released last week.
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