MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin potato production in 2021 totaled 29.0 million cwt, up 1 percent from 2020, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Potatoes 2021 Summary.
The state’s potato growers planted 69,000 acres, unchanged from 2020. Harvested acres in 2021 were reported at 67,500, down 1,000 acres from the previous year. Average yield per acre, at 430 cwt, was up 2 percent from the previous year. Price per cwt, at $13.00, was 80 cents above 2020. Total value of production of the state’s potato crop was $377 million in 2021, up 8 percent from 2020.
— USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service