E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov (518) 457-5570 VEGETABLE REPORT July 2011 Seasonal No. 974-7-11 Harvested Acreage for New York Fresh Vegetables UP 7 PERCENT; U.S. ACREAGE UP 1 PERCENT In New York, prospective area for harvest of 4 selected fresh market vegetables is 42,400 acres, up 7 percent from the 39,700 acres that were harvested in 2010. The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh market vegetables in the U.S. during the summer quarter is forecast to be 269,300 acres, up 1 percent from last year. Acreage increases in carrots, cauliflower, sweet corn, and head lettuce more than offset acreage declines in snap beans, cabbage, celery, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Broccoli and cucumber area remains unchanged. Area forecast for melon harvest is 84,700 acres, down 7 percent from last year. Cantaloupe area is forecast at 25,800 acres, 9 percent below 2010. Honeydew area, at 7,700 acres, is down 11 percent from last year. Watermelon area, at 51,200 acres, is down 6 percent from a year ago. Strawberry production in the United States is forecast at 27.7 million cwt, down 1 percent from last year. Area harvested, at 49,800 acres, is up 1 percent from 2010. Strawberry yield is forecast at 556 cwt per acre, down 12 cwt from 2010. New York Onion harvest Acreage DOWN 3 PERCENT U.S. Onion harvest Acreage UP 3 Percent New York onion growers planted 10,000 acres this year, down 7 percent from last year. Harvested onion acreage is expected to total 9,500 acres, down 3 percent from 2010. U.S. onion growers expect to harvest 153,160 acres in 2011, up 3 percent from last year. Spring onion growers harvested 29,200 acres, up 13 percent from last season. Summer, non-storage onion growers expect to harvest 18,000 acres, down 4 percent from a year ago. Storage onion growers plan to harvest 105,960 acres in 2011, up 1 percent from last season. National PROCESSED VEGETABLES DOWN 8 percent U.S. vegetable processors have contracted 1.02 million acres to be planted to the 5 major vegetable crops (snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers for pickles, green peas, and tomatoes). This is down 8 percent from last year. Reported acreage declined for all 5 major processed vegetable crops. Contracted green pea acreage at 162,300 is down 13 percent. Green pea contracted production forecast, at 302,090 tons, is down 16 percent from 2010. Contracted tomato production is forecast at 12.8 million tons, up 1 percent from 2010. VEGETABLES FOR FRESH MARKET Area Usual Crop and State Harvest Harvested For Harvest Period 2009 2010 2011 Acres Snap Beans Georgia Jul-Sep 3,800 3,200 2,300 Michigan Jul-Oct 3,100 3,200 2,900 New York Jun-Sep 6,700 6,700 6,400 Virginia Jul-Aug 3,000 2,600 2,700 TOTAL 16,600 15,700 14,300 Cabbage Georgia Jun-Sep 300 900 600 Michigan Jun-Nov 2,600 3,000 3,200 New York Jun-Dec 9,000 10,100 10,000 TOTAL 11,900 14,000 13,800 Sweet Corn California Jul-Sep 11,100 12,000 12,300 Illinois Jul-Aug 7,100 7,500 6,500 Michigan Jul-Oct 9,100 9,400 9,600 New Jersey Jul-Oct 7,100 7,400 8,000 New York Jul-Oct 21,500 22,800 22,500 North Carolina Jun-Aug 6,300 6,900 6,400 Ohio Jul-Sep 11,400 13,600 15,900 Pennsylvania Jul-Oct 14,400 14,100 13,800 Wisconsin Jul-Sep 7,000 7,500 6,700 TOTAL 95,000 101,200 101,700 Tomatoes California Jul-Sep 19,000 18,500 18,000 Michigan Jul-Sep 2,000 2,000 2,000 New Jersey Jul-Oct 2,900 2,900 2,900 New York Jul-Oct 2,500 2,800 2,900 Pennsylvania Jul-Oct 1,700 2,300 2,200 Virginia Jul-Aug 4,800 4,500 4,600 TOTAL 32,900 33,000 32,600 2 ONIONS: Area Planted and Harvested, and Yield Per Acre by Season, State, and United States, 2010-2011 1/ Yield Per Season and Area Planted Area Harvested Acre Production State 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011 Acres Acres Cwt. 1,000 Cwt. Spring 2/ Arizona 8/ 576 California 6,400 6,500 6,200 6,300 410 450 2,460 2,542 2,835 Georgia 12,000 13,600 11,100 11,700 205 270 2,484 2,276 3,159 Texas 10,000 13,000 8,600 11,200 310 370 3,003 2,666 4,144 TOTAL 28,400 33,100 25,900 29,200 289 347 8,523 7,484 10,138 Summer Non-storage 2/ California 6,800 6,900 6,600 6,700 490 590 3,456 3,234 3,953 Nevada 3,700 3,500 3,700 3,500 700 740 2,448 2,590 2,590 New Mexico 6,000 5,200 5,900 5,100 560 416 2,750 3,304 2,122 Texas 600 600 500 500 350 350 180 175 175 Washington 3/ 2,000 2,200 2,000 2,200 330 350 750 660 770 TOTAL Storage 4/ 19,100 18,400 18,700 18,000 533 534 9,584 9,963 9,610 California 5/ 30,100 31,700 29,000 30,500 450 14,287 13,050 Colorado 7,500 7,600 7,200 7,200 400 2,739 2,880 Idaho 9,200 9,000 9,000 8,800 760 6,512 6,840 Michigan 4,200 4,000 4,000 3,900 220 1,330 880 New York 10,700 10,000 9,800 9,500 315 4,275 3,087 Oregon Malheur 11,300 11,300 11,300 11,300 760 7,840 8,588 Other 8,900 9,400 8,900 9,400 700 5,460 6,230 Washington 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,000 610 13,230 13,420 Wisconsin 2,000 2,000 1,600 1,700 200 1,000 320 Other States 6/ 1,870 1,660 1,870 1,660 458 819 857 TOTAL 107,770 108,660 104,670 105,960 536 57,492 56,152 Summer 126,870 127,060 123,370 123,960 536 67,076 66,115 United States 155,270 160,160 149,270 153,160 493 75,599 73,599 Processed 7/ 10,875 9,389 1/ Estimates for 2010 revised. 2/ Primarily fresh market. 3/ Includes Walla Walla and other non-storage onions. 4/ Yield and production for 2011 will be published October 4, 2011. 5/ Primarily dehydrated and other processing. 6/ OH and UT. 7/ CA only, acreage and yield are not available. 8/ Estimates discontinued in 2010. 3 VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING Area Planted State and Utilization 2010 2011 Contract 2009 Total Total Contract 1/ 1/ Acres Snap Beans Illinois 12,100 12,500 12,500 5,900 Indiana 4,600 5,600 5,200 4,400 Michigan 17,000 14,800 14,800 16,100 Minnesota 7,700 7,700 7,700 7,500 New York 20,000 25,600 25,055 19,100 Oregon 19,100 17,000 17,000 17,800 Pennsylvania 7,200 12,000 11,700 13,100 Wisconsin 83,600 80,600 80,600 64,000 Other States2/ 31,229 31,010 30,513 21,550 United States 202,529 206,810 205,068 169,450 Canning 145,789 144,510 143,288 107,5000 Freezing 56,740 63,300 161,780 61,950 Sweet Corn Illinois 18,900 16,400 16,400 (D) Minnesota 132,000 122,900 122,900 123,800 Oregon 24,200 20,200 20,200 (D) Washington 84,200 66,400 66,400 68,800 Wisconsin 91,200 81,200 81,200 69,100 Other States3/ 51,700 42,900 42,900 76,750 United States 402,200 350,000 350,000 338,45000 Canning 196,400 168,600 168,600 151,500 Freezing 205,800 181,400 181,400 186,950000 Green Peas Delaware 5,500 3,900 3,900 (D) Minnesota 77,300 62,700 62,700 69,400 Oregon 18,300 15,700 15,700 (D) Washington 41,300 34,100 34,100 26,800 Wisconsin 41,400 42,300 42,300 33,300 Other States4/ 29,700 27,100 27,100 32,800 United States 213,500 185,800 185,800 162,300 Canning 90,700 71,400 71,400 70,800 Freezing 122,800 114,000 114,400 91,500 (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ Includes acreage from major brokers. 2/ CA, DE, FL, GA, MD, NJ, NC, TX, and VA. 3/ 2009 - DE, ID, IA, MD, NJ, NY, and PA. 2010 - DE, ID, IA, MD, NJ, NY, and PA. 2011 - DE, ID, IA, IL, MD, OR, NJ, NY, and PA. 4/ 2009 - IL, MD, NJ, and NY 2010 - IL, MD, NJ, and NY 2011 - DE, IL, MD, OR, NJ, and NY.