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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
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
The Size and Quality of Heads as Reported
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/

Season and State
Planted Area
 Harvested Area
2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 For
harvest
2002
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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