WA_FV158 May 14, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. Unless otherwise stated, shipments, crossings or imports are for the weeks ending April 27, May 04 and May 11, 2013 in that order in thousand hundredweight (cwt) or 100,000 pound units. Expected movement is for the period May 12-May 25, 2013. Prices are for Monday, May 13, 2013 compared to Monday, May 6, 2013. Unless otherwise stated, sales are F.O.B. Shipping Point Basis (including Delivered Sales, F.O.B. Shipping Point Basis) or port of entry and extra services are included. Prices represent open (spot) market sales by first handlers on product of generally good quality and condition unless otherwise stated and may include promotional allowances or other incentives. No consideration is given to after-sale adjustments unless otherwise stated. Brokerage fees paid by shipper are included in the price reported. ONIONS AND POTATOES ---ONIONS, DRY UNITED STATES---Shipments (including imports) 1041*-950-995---The top shipping areas for the week, in order, were Texas, Imperial Valley California, Georgia, Columbia Basin Washington, and Mexico. In the Market News Service weekly survey of over 21,000 individual stores, 11,120 retail stores had onions on ad (3-pound bag and per pound of Yellow, Sweet Yellow, White and Red onions) which is a decrease of 26 percent from last week. *revised. LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY TEXAS---Shipments 336-206-261---Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Trading moderate. Prices Yellow medium higher, others lower. Yellow Grano 50-pound sacks super colossal 10.00-12.00, colossal 10.00-11.00, jumbo 10.00, medium 12.00; Yellow Grano-Marked Sweet 40- pound cartons jumbo mostly 14.00; White 50-pound sacks jumbo mostly 14.00, medium 12.00-14.00; Red Globe Type 25-pound sacks jumbo 14.00-16.00, medium mostly 14.00. IMPERIAL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA---Shipments 136-200-235---Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading active. Prices generally unchanged. Yellow Grano 50-pound sacks colossal mostly 9.00-10.00, jumbo mostly 9.00, medium mostly 10.00; White 50-pound sacks jumbo 14.00, medium 14.00; Red Globe Type 25-pound sacks jumbo mostly 14.00, medium 12.00-13.00. VIDALIA DISTRICT, GEORGIA---Shipments 142-144-171---Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices generally unchanged. One 40-pound cartons colossal 20.00-22.00, jumbo 20.00-22.00; organic jumbo 25.00-28.00. COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON AND UMATILLA BASIN OREGON---Shipments 180-187-120 (includes export of 27-29-19) ---Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Prices remaining supplies in too few hands to establish a market. SAN ANTONIO-WINTER GARDEN-LAREDO DISTRICT---Shipments 0-27-39---Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices Yellow medium generally unchanged, others lower. Yellow Grano 50-pound sacks super colossal 11.00-12.00, colossal 10.00-11.00, jumbo 10.00, medium 12.00; White 50-pound sacks jumbo 14.00, medium 12.00-14.00; Red Globe Type 25-pound sacks jumbo 14.00-15.00, medium mostly 14.00. ARIZONA---Shipments 0-0-14---Movement expected to increase as more shippers get started current week (May 12). No prices reported. FIRST REPORT. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA---Shipments 0-0-1---Movement expected to increase as more growers expect to begin light harvest of Red Flat Type onions by the end of current week (May 12) or the beginning of next week (May 19). Light harvest of yellow onions expected to start by the end of the month. ---ONIONS FOR PROCESSING WESTERN UNITED STATES---Shipments 111-145-136---Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. EASTERN UNITED STATES---Shipments 13-21-12---Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. ---POTATOES UNITED STATES---Shipments (not including imports) 1724-1871*-1947---The top shipping states, in order, were Idaho, Colorado, Columbia Basin Washington/Umatilla Basin Oregon, Florida, and Wisconsin. The Market News Service survey of over 21,000 retail stores had potatoes on ad last week in 14,670, a 6 percent increase from the 13,820 stores the prior week. Diesel prices for the week of May 13, 2013 were 3.87, a .02 increase from the previous week (U.S. EIA). *revised. UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT, IDAHO---Shipments 677-729-743 (includes export of 3-3-2)---Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading active. Prices baled generally unchanged, cartons higher. Russet Burbank U.S. One baled 5 10-pound film bags non size A 2.50-3.00, 50-pound cartons 40-50s mostly 8.00-9.00, 60-100s mostly 8.50-9.00. Shipments for the week ending May 11, 2013 were generally Russets Burbanks. SAN LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO---Shipments 246-274-301 (including export 16-14-**) ---Movement expected to increase slightly. Trading cartons active on light offerings, others slow. Prices cartons higher, others generally unchanged. Russet U.S. One baled 5 10-pound film bags size A mostly 4.50, 50- pound cartons 40s mostly 5.00, 50-60s mostly 7.00, 70s mostly 7.50, 80-100s mostly 7.50-8.00 and U.S. Commercial bulk per hundred-weight mostly 5.00- 5.50. **unavailable. COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON AND UMATILLA BASIN OREGON---Shipments 163-175*-178 (includes export of 57-61*-52) ---Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading cartons active, baled moderate. Prices generally unchanged. Russet Norkotah U.S. One baled 5 10-pound film bags non size A 3.00-3.50, 50-pound cartons 40-80s 6.00-7.00, 90-100s mostly 6.00-6.50. *revised. FLORIDA DISTRICT---Shipments 132-137-149 (including export 3-4-8) Movement expected to increase slightly as harvest is intensifies in North Florida. Trading Round Red active on light supply. Prices slightly higher. Round Red U.S. One baled 10 5-lb film bags sz A mostly 19.75, 50-pound sacks size A mostly 17.75, size B 20.75-22.75, tote bags approximately 2000 pounds per cwt size A mostly 34.50. CENTRAL WISCONSIN---Shipments 110-114-105---Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices higher. Russet Norkotah U.S. One baled 5 10-pound film bags non size A mostly 6.25-6.50, 50-pound cartons 40s- 80s mostly 7.50-8.00, 90s-100s 7.00-7.50. 2013 crop update: Planting of new crop seed potatoes continued across the State of Wisconsin in the past week with little curtailment due to weather related issues. Colder temperatures continue in Wisconsin with temperatures in the potato growing regions dipping into the 21 to 24 degree range. No damage to the newly planted crop has been noted at this time since the seed has not emerged yet. IMPERIAL VALLEY CALIFORNIA---Shipments 82-135-92---Movement expected to decrease sharply as harvest shifts to Kern County fields. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. One grower-shipper remains in the desert deal. ARIZONA DISTRICT--- Shipments 0-13-76---Movement expected to remain about the same as every shipper is now running. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. NEBRASKA DISTRICT---Shipments 55-59*-60---Movement expected to remain about the same. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. *revised. KLAMATH BASIN (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-SOUTHERN OREGON) ---Shipments 41-45-55 (including export 6-6-9) ---Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading slow. Prices cartons higher, others generally unchanged. Russet U.S. One baled 5 10-pound film bags non size A mostly 3.00-3.25, 50- pound cartons 40-70s mostly 7.50-8.00, 80s mostly 7.00-7.50, 90s mostly 6.50, 100s mostly 6.00-6.50. KERN DISTRICT--- Shipments 0-0-54--- Movement expected to increase as harvest intensifies and more shippers receive potatoes. Trading Round Red active on light supply, Yellow Type moderate, and Long White fairly slow. Prices Round Red U.S. One carton size A mostly 18.00, size B mostly 18.00. Long White U.S. One carton size A mostly 24.00, size B mostly 12.00. Yellow Type U.S. One carton size A 22.00-26.00, size B mostly 14.00. AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE---Shipments 41-47-43---Movement expected to decrease slightly. Trading slow. Prices unchanged. Russet Norkotah U.S. One baled 10 5-pound film bags 2 inch or 4 ounce minimum mostly 7.00, baled 5 10-pound film bags 6.25-6.75, Round White U.S. One baled 10 5- pound film bags 2 inch minimum mostly 7.25-7.50. Supplies light and in few hands. 2013 Crop update: A few of the remaining sheds shifted to planting and field activities last week, due to unseasonably warm weather earlier in the period. Cooler temperatures and showers have slowed planting progress past weekend and Monday, May 13, 2013. MICHIGAN---Shipments 36-28-29--Movement expected to decrease slightly. Trading slow. Prices unchanged. Russet Norkotah and Goldrush U.S. One size A 10 pound film bags loose mostly 1.35-1.40. 2013 Crop update: Planting slowed or curtailed on Monday, May 13, 2013 due to weekend rain and/or snow showers. HEREFORD HIGH PLAINS TEXAS-EASTERN NEW MEXICO---Shipments 32-32*-40--- Movement expected to remain about the same. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. *revised. NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON---Shipments 29-17-16 (including export 3-4-1) Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) ---Shipments 42-33-9--- Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA (CROSSING THROUGH MAINE POINTS)---Shipments light---Movement expected to decrease slightly. Trading slow. Prices unchanged. Russet Norkotah U.S. One or Canada No. One baled 10 5-pound sacks 2 inch or 4 ounce minimum 6.50-7.00, tote bags approx. 2000 pounds per cwt. 4-9 ounce 9.00-10.00. According to the May 1 Potato Stocks released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, New Brunswick?s holdings of 4.7 million cwt. 59% more than one year earlier. The Intended Utilization of Potatoes table showed 2.2 million cwt. held for processing, 1.7 million cwt. for seed and .7 million cwt. for the fresh market. Total Canadian holdings of 27.9 million cwt. were 26.67% higher than one year earlier (22 ?000 cwt.). 2013 Crop update: Planting continues across the province. ---POTATOES FOR PROCESSING IDAHO---Open-market trading by processors with growers was inactive. WISCONSIN---Shipments to Chippers 264-227-187---Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Too few open market sales to establish a market. . FLORIDA---Shipments to Chippers 76-87-156---Movement expected to increase seasonally. Too few open market sales to establish a market. MICHIGAN---Shipments to Chippers 218-136-116---Movement expected to continue seasonal decline as additional growers finish contracts for the 2012 season. Trading slow. Most movement on pre-season contract. Too few open market sales to quote. 2013 Crop update: Planting slowed or curtailed on Monday, May 13, 2013 due to weekend showers and frost Monday morning. MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY)---Shipments to Chippers 81-62-59---Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Too few open market sales to establish a market. MAINE---Shipments to Chippers 67-66-53---Movement expected about the same. Most movement on pre-season contract. Too few open market sales to quote. 2013 Crop update: cooler temperatures and showers have slowed planting progress past weekend and Monday, May 13, 2013. WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK---Shipments to Chippers 60-41-35--- Movement expected to continue seasonal decline as most growers nearly finished for the season. Most movement on pre-season contract. Too few open market sales to quote. 2013 Crop update: Planting well underway. ---POTATOES FOR SEED IDAHO---Shipments 59-817*-**---Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. Idaho seed shipments year to date are 5,210,000 cwt this is down 28 percent from last season. *revised. **unavailable. WISCONSIN---Shipments 296*0*-318---Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. Wisconsin seed shipments year to date are 1,714,000 cwt which is down 2 percent from last season. *revised. MONTANA---Shipments 289-238-189---Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. Montana seed shipments year to date are 2,438,000 cwt which is down 13 percent from last season. MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA---Shipments 67-180-189---Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. Red River Valley seed shipments year to date are 1,097,000 cwt which is down 31 percent from last season. COLORADO---Shipments 35-31-26---Movement expected to remain about the same. No prices reported. Colorado seed shipments year to date are 656,000 cwt which is down 24 percent from last season.