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VEGETABLES
Released
January 30, 2002
Seasonal
No.
984-2-02
CABBAGE STOCKS DOWN 4
PERCENT
FROM JANUARY 1, 2001
Cabbage stocks for New York as of January 1, 2002 are estimated at 1.38 million hundredweight, according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. This is 4 percent below the holdings for the same date last year.
The quality of cabbage in storage is 49 percent above average, 44 percent average, and 7 percent below average. The head sizes of the cabbage in storage is 40 percent large, 50 percent medium, and 10 percent small.
Storage
quality and head size decreased from last year's crop. Dryness was the
major factor effecting quality and size.
CABBAGE:
(Fresh Market Only) New York Acreage,
Yield, Production
and Stocks, 1997-2001
| Crop
Year |
Acres | Yield | Production | January 1 Stocks | ||
| Planted | Harvested | Amount
on hand |
Percent
of
production |
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| Acres | Cwt. | 1,000 cwt. | 1,000 cwt. | Percent | ||
| 1997 | 11,600 | 11,200 | 480 | 5,376 | 1,725 | 32 |
| 1998 | 12,600 | 12,100 | 380 | 4,598 | 1,613 | 35 |
| 1999 | 12,400 | 12,100 | 410 | 4,961 | 1,836 | 37 |
| 2000 | 13,400 | 12,900 | 440 | 5,676 | 1,433 | 25 |
| 2001 | 14,000 | 13,800 | 400 | 5,520 | 1,376 | 25 |
by Growers for 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Percent | |||||
| Size of Head | |||||
| Large | 56 | 46 | 53 | 58 | 40 |
| Medium | 34 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 50 |
| Small | 10 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Storage Quality | |||||
| Above Average | 48 | 39 | 52 | 55 | 49 |
| Average | 51 | 50 | 40 | 41 | 44 |
| Below Average | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
U.S. PLANTED ACREAGE OF SPRING ONIONS LOWER
U.S. growers intend to plant 37,700 acres of spring onions for 2002, down 2 percent from 2001 and 9 percent below 2000. Arizona increased planted acreage while the remaining spring onion states decreased area planted for 2002. Georgia reports a very dry and warm fall which discouraged producers from transplanting onions. Conditions were favorable in California for planting. Harvest in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas is progressing slowly.
Onions for Fresh Market: Planting Intentions and Prospective Area for Harvest 1/
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Harvested Area | ||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2000 | 2001 | For
harvest 2002 |
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| Acres | ||||||
| Spring: | ||||||
| Arizona 2/ | 3,300 | 3,100 | 3,400 | 3,200 | 3,000 | |
| California 2/ | 7,200 | 5,700 | 5,300 | 7,100 | 5,500 | |
| Georgia | 15,000 | 14,500 | 14,000 | 12,400 | 13,500 | 13,500 |
| Texas | 15,900 | 15,200 | 15,000 | 13,500 | 14,200 | 14,500 |
| TOTAL 2/ | 41,400 | 38,500 | 37,700 | 36,200 | 36,200 | |
| 1/
Primarily fresh market.
2/ 2002 - Planting Intentions - harvested acreage published April 5, 2002. |
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