Vegetables Michigan vegetable growers produced 763,820 tons of fresh and processed vegetables in 2007. Harvested acreage was 110,100. Value of production totaled $211 million. Nationally, Michigan ranked ninth and fifth, respectively for fresh market and processing vegetable value of production. Michigan farmers produced 7.77 million hundredweight (cwt) of fresh market vegetables, a decrease of 10 percent from 2006. Processing vegetable production totaled 375,170 tons. Vegetable planting activities progressed steadily for much of the State through mid June. Planting and transplanting continued in June with cool conditions and little precipitation. The emergence and growth for many vegetable crops was slowed due to the colder than normal temperatures and light frosts experienced in May. The drought during the summer of 2007 caused many crops to become stressed and had an adverse affect on yields, resulting in lower supplies. Michigan ranked third among States for dual purpose asparagus production with 235,000 cwt produced, down 9 percent from last year's 257,000 cwt. Spears began to emerge in some parts of the State in late April. The crop did not exhibit any severe damage from winter weather conditions. Harvest began on a limited basis at the beginning of May and continued on schedule for the remainder of the month. The extended period of warm weather in June matured the crop quickly with harvest nearing completion by the middle of the month for most growers. Yields were average but the quality was excellent. Vegetables: Record highs and lows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Record high : Record low : Year Crop : Unit :-----------------------------------------------------------: estimates : :Quantity : Year :Quantity : Year : started ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asparagus : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 23.0 1989 1.0 1928 1928 Yield : Cwt : 31 1947 9 1981 Production : 1,000 cwt : 317 2003 17 1928 Beans, snap (processing) : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 27.0 1999 0.8 1921 1918 Yield : Tons : 3.89 1998 0.60 1947 Production : Tons : 100,970 1999 600 1921 Carrots (fresh market) : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 7.7 1994 0.5 1929 1929 Yield : Cwt : 398 1995 155 1957 Production : 1,000 cwt : 2,610 1995 132 1936 Celery : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 7.2 1941 1.6 2005 1928 Yield : Cwt : 575 2005 174 1935 Production : 1,000 cwt : 1,915 1941 576 1966 Corn, sweet (fresh market) : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 15.2 1961 8.0 2005 1949 Yield : Cwt : 110 2006 42 1949 Production : 1,000 cwt : 1,020 1994 525 1949 Cucumbers (processing) : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 46.3 1949 9.3 1932 1918 Yield : Tons : 6.7 1987 0.6 1924 Production : Tons : 180,900 2003 8,900 1932 Onions : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 12.7 1935 2.5 2007 1928 Yield : Cwt : 350 1960 120 1935 Production : 1,000 cwt : 2,833 1948 650 2006,2007 Tomatoes (fresh market) : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 9.4 1943 1.8 2001 1928 Yield : Cwt : 260 2004 60 1959 Production : 1,000 cwt : 797 1943 204 1988 Tomatoes (processing) : : Harvested : 1,000 acres: 9.7 1982 1.0 1921 1918 Yield : Tons : 38.0 2003 2.7 1943 Production : Tons : 205,000 1982 5,000 1921 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vegetables: Acres harvested and value of production, 2003-2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Unit : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 1/ : 2006 : 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acres harvested :1,000 acres : 117 121 107 111 110 Value of production :1,000 dollars: 226,812 232,401 186,062 217,653 210,886 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Processing tomatoes excluded to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Principal vegetables, fresh market: Acres, production, and value, 2003-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year : Planted : Harvested : Production : Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---------- Acres ---------- 1,000 cwt 1,000 dollars : 2003 : 71,100 64,200 9,854 170,366 2004 : 68,400 64,000 9,611 175,899 2005 : 59,200 55,200 8,884 146,330 2006 : 58,400 54,800 8,644 161,416 2007 : 56,400 53,100 7,773 148,867 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Principal vegetables, processing: Acres, production, and value, 2003-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Year : Planted : Harvested : Production : Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---------- Acres ---------- Tons 1,000 dollars : 2003 : 53,900 52,700 389,710 56,446 2004 : 57,700 56,600 374,780 56,502 2005 1/ : 53,300 51,400 275,540 39,732 2006 : 58,100 56,300 393,270 56,237 2007 : 58,400 57,000 375,170 62,019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Processing tomatoes excluded to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Vegetables, processing: Acres, production, and value, 2003-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Item : : : : : Price : and Year : Planted : Harvested : Yield : Production : per ton : Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------- Acres ------ ------- Tons ------- Dollars 1,000 dollars : Carrots : 2003 : 1,700 1,600 24.00 38,400 69.00 2,650 2004 : 1,400 1,300 25.00 32,500 62.00 2,015 2005 : 2,300 2,200 26.00 57,200 62.00 3,546 2006 : 1,800 1,700 23.00 39,100 74.00 2,893 2007 : 1,500 1,400 20.00 28,000 76.00 2,128 Cucumbers : 2003 : 34,000 33,500 5.40 180,900 200.00 36,180 2004 : 35,000 34,500 5.00 172,500 205.00 35,363 2005 : 34,000 33,000 4.80 158,400 168.00 26,611 2006 : 34,000 33,200 5.20 172,640 194.00 33,492 2007 : 30,000 29,500 5.30 156,350 230.00 35,961 Snap beans : 2003 : 14,800 14,300 3.15 45,010 160.00 7,208 2004 : 17,700 17,300 3.54 61,280 169.00 10,335 2005 : 17,000 16,200 3.70 59,940 160.00 9,575 2006 : 19,000 18,100 3.65 66,030 148.00 9,803 2007 : 23,500 22,800 3.45 78,620 176.00 13,832 Tomatoes : 2003 : 3,400 3,300 38.00 125,400 83.00 10,408 2004 : 3,600 3,500 31.00 108,500 81.00 8,789 2005 1/ : 2006 : 3,300 3,300 35.00 115,500 87.00 10,049 2007 : 3,400 3,300 34.00 112,200 90.00 10,098 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Estimates not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Vegetables, fresh market: Acres, production, and value, 2003-2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Planted : Harvested : Yield : Production : Price : Value 1/ and year : : : : : per cwt : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- Acres ------ Cwt 1,000 cwt Dollars 1,000 dollars Beans, snap : 2003 : 4,300 4,000 40 160 25.00 4,000 2004 : 4,400 4,100 45 185 45.00 8,325 2005 : 4,300 4,100 55 226 60.00 13,560 2006 : 4,000 3,600 55 198 40.00 7,920 2007 : 3,900 3,600 40 144 65.00 9,360 Cabbage : 2003 : 2,000 1,800 320 576 10.00 5,760 2004 : 1,800 1,600 270 432 12.00 5,184 2005 : 1,800 1,700 360 612 8.50 5,202 2006 : 1,900 1,800 340 612 12.10 7,405 2007 : 1,800 1,700 320 544 15.00 8,160 Carrots : 2003 : 4,400 4,200 350 1,470 13.10 19,257 2004 : 4,400 4,200 310 1,302 12.20 15,884 2005 : 3,100 3,000 360 1,080 14.00 15,120 2006 : 2,900 2,500 320 800 18.00 14,400 2007 : 2,900 2,800 300 840 15.80 13,272 Corn, sweet : 2003 : 11,000 9,500 90 855 16.60 14,193 2004 : 10,500 9,500 75 713 19.50 13,904 2005 : 9,000 8,000 100 800 20.00 16,000 2006 : 9,000 8,300 110 913 18.00 16,434 2007 : 9,500 8,500 85 723 19.80 14,315 Cucumbers : 2003 : 7,300 6,400 160 1,024 20.40 20,890 2004 : 7,500 7,400 175 1,295 17.20 22,274 2005 : 5,500 5,200 180 936 16.00 14,976 2006 : 5,600 5,200 170 884 18.50 16,354 2007 : 5,000 4,900 175 858 17.90 15,358 Onions : 2003 : 3,700 3,600 320 1,152 14.50 13,369 2004 : 3,500 3,400 290 986 8.60 8,521 2005 : 3,000 2,900 260 754 13.00 7,852 2006 : 2,700 2,600 250 650 14.60 7,592 2007 : 2,600 2,500 260 650 11.10 5,772 Tomatoes : 2003 : 2,300 2,200 220 484 34.00 16,456 2004 : 2,200 2,100 260 546 48.00 26,208 2005 : 2,000 2,000 220 440 38.00 16,720 2006 : 2,000 2,000 230 460 50.00 23,000 2007 : 2,100 2,100 230 483 49.00 23,667 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Value of sales for onions. Vegetables, dual purpose: Acres, production, and value, 2003-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : Price : Item and year: Planted : Harvested : Yield : Production : per cwt : Value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- Acres ------ Cwt 1,000 cwt Dollars 1,000 dollars Asparagus : 2003 : 16,000 15,000 21 317 60.80 19,278 2004 : 15,000 13,500 20 270 64.70 17,468 2005 : 12,700 12,200 19 232 51.80 12,006 2006 : 12,200 11,700 22 257 57.80 14,866 2007 : 11,700 11,200 21 235 65.60 15,417 Celery : 2003 : 2,300 2,200 530 1,166 15.10 17,641 2004 : 2,300 2,200 560 1,232 12.30 15,215 2005 : 1,700 1,600 575 920 11.40 10,493 2006 : 1,800 1,700 530 900 22.10 19,920 2007 : 2,000 1,800 515 927 13.20 12,271 Peppers, bell: 2003 : 1,800 1,800 250 450 22.00 9,900 2004 : 1,800 1,800 290 522 26.00 13,572 2005 : 1,500 1,400 280 392 23.00 9,016 2006 : 1,400 1,300 270 351 26.00 9,126 2007 : 1,200 1,200 260 312 33.00 10,296 Pumpkins : 2003 : 8,500 7,300 140 1,022 14.00 14,308 2004 : 7,800 7,200 140 1,008 13.00 13,104 2005 : 6,000 5,200 145 754 12.00 9,048 2006 : 6,200 5,700 150 855 11.00 9,405 2007 : 5,700 5,000 115 575 12.00 6,900 Squash : 2003 : 7,500 6,200 190 1,178 13.00 15,314 2004 : 7,200 7,000 160 1,120 14.50 16,240 2005 : 8,600 7,900 220 1,738 9.40 16,337 2006 : 8,700 8,400 210 1,764 8.50 14,994 2007 : 8,000 7,800 190 1,482 9.50 14,079 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asparagus: Utilization and value, 2003-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Fresh market : Processing :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year : : Price per : Value of : : Price per : Value of : Production : cwt : production : Production : ton : production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt Dollars 1,000 dollars Tons Dollars 1,000 dollars : 2003 : 43 66.00 2,838 13,700 1,200 16,440 2004 : 26 90.00 2,340 12,200 1,240 15,128 2005 : 58 63.00 3,654 8,700 960 8,352 2006 : 31 64.00 1,984 11,300 1,140 12,882 2007 1/ : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. U.S. Pickle stocks in tanks, barrels, and fresh pack, December 1, 2003-2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : From current year crop : From previous year crop : :--------------------------------------------------------------------------: Year : Salt stock : : : Salt stock : : Total stocks :including dill: Fresh pack : Refrigerated :including dill: Fresh pack : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tons : 2003 : 210,291 57,695 44,628 13,259 27,700 353,573 2004 : 168,553 55,474 1,638 14,979 240,644 2005 : 161,670 46,474 3,439 38,865 250,448 2006 : 389,502 36,470 2,800 15,534 444,306 2007 : 332,011 32,795 2,850 9,076 376,732 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------