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VEGETABLES


Released:  January 2002
Seasonal
No. 984-1-02

2001 ANNUAL SUMMARY

The value of all New York vegetable production in 2001 totaled $379 million, according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. This is an increase of 2 percent from the previous years value. New York ranked sixth in the nation for the value of principle fresh market vegetables and seventh for the value of principle processed vegetables in 2001.

The value of the Empire State's principle fresh market vegetables totaled $336 million this year. Fresh market production in 2001 is estimated at 17.7 million cwt.

Processing vegetables were valued at $42.5 million in 2001 and production totaled 377 thousand tons.

Principal Vegetables for Fresh Market 1/
New York, 1999-2001

Year Planted Harvested Production Value
-- 1,000 acres -- 1,000 cwt. Million dollars
1999 77.3 73.6 13,563 209.9
2000 88.6 79.2 17,169 330.2
2001 96.1 91.4 17,718 336.1
1/ 1999 figures include cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, snap beans,
    sweet corn, tomatoes, cabbage, and onions. 2000 and 2001 figures include
    cauliflower, cucumbers, snap beans, sweet corn, tomatoes, green peppers,
    eggplant, escarole/endive, pumpkins, spinach, squash, cabbage, and onions.

Principal Vegetables for Processing 1/
New York, 1999-2001

Year Planted Harvested Production Value
--1,000 acres -- 1,000tons Milliondollars
1999 77.5 75.7 420.8 45.3
2000 82.1 77.6 389.3 42.6
2001 78.2 74.2 377.3 42.5
1/ 1999 figures include snap beans, beets, cabbage for kraut, carrots,
    sweetcorn, green peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, and spinach. 2000
    and 2001figures do not include carrots.

New York Fresh Market Vegetables 1/

Crop and Year Planted Harvested Yield
per
acre		 Production Marketing
year
average price		 Value
Acres Acres Cwt. 1,000 cwt. Dollars per cwt. 1,000 dollars
CAULIFLOWER 1999   1,300   1,100 150    165 38.30   6,319
2000   1,100      900 120    108 38.00   4,104
2001      900      800 140    112 38.60   4,323
CUCUMBERS 1999   3,600   3,600 180    648 26.00 16,848
2000   3,900   3,800 210    798 25.40 20,269
2001   4,400   4,300 170    731 27.50 20,103
SNAP BEANS 1999   6,300   6,100   61    372 53.30 19,828
2000   8,600   7,600   68    517 61.00 31,537
2001 11,500 11,400   56    638 63.00 40,194
SWEET CORN 1999 35,900 33,700   95 3,202 16.30 52,193
2000 32,300 27,500   95 2,613 21.60 56,441
2001 35,500 33,400 115 3,841 17.80 68,370
TOMATOES 1999   3,400   3,100 115    357 34.50 12,317
2000   3,300   3,000 180    540 56.80 30,672
2001   3,200   3,000 160    480 59.40 28,512
BELL PEPPERS 2000      800      770 210    162 43.70   7,079
2001      700      640 230    147 40.90   6,012
EGGPLANT 2000      550      520 180     94 39.30   3,694
2001      550      520 230    120 40.70   4,884
ENDIVE/ESCAROLE 2000      300      240 280     67 38.90   2,606
2001      300      260 280     73 36.60    2,672
PUMPKINS 2000   6,700   5,700 200 1,140 23.10 26,334
2001   7,400   6,400 210 1,344 17.80 23,923
SPINACH 2000      700      670   80     54 59.30   3,202
2001      400      300   80     24 28.50     684
SQUASH 2000   3,500   3,300 220   726 23.70 17,206
2001   4,000   3,900 160   624 23.80 14,851
1/  Bell peppers, eggplant, endive/escarole, pumpkins, spinach, and squash added to the program in 2000.

New York Fresh Market Vegetables

Crop and Year Planted Harvested Yield
per
acre		 Production Sales 1/ Mkting.
year
average
price		 Value January 1
Stocks
Acres Acres Cwt. 1,000 cwt. 1,000 cwt. Dollars per cwt. 1,000 dollars 1,000 cwt.
CABBAGE 1999 12,400 12,100 410 4,961 4,498 12.60 55,692 1,836
2000 13,400 12,900 440 5,676 5,137 15.50 79,624 1,433
2001 14,000 13,800 400 5,520 4,957 16.80 83,278 1,376
ONIONS 1999 13,000 12,600 280 3,528 2,935 12.20 35,807 -
2000 13,400 12,300 380 4,674 3,510 13.50 47,385 -
2001 13,200 12,700 320 4,064 3,576 10.70 38,263 -
1/  Excludes quantities lost from shrinkage and waste.

New York Onion Production by Area

Year Orange
County		 Orleans
Genesee 1/		 Oswego
County		 Madison Steuben-
Yates-
Ontario		 Wayne
and
Other		 State
HARVESTED ACRES 1999 4,800 3,400 2,800 200 1,100 300 12,600
2000 4,900 3,100 2,500 300 1,100 400 12,300
2001 4,800 3,400 2,700 300 1,100 400 12,700
YIELD PER ACRE - 1999    180    340    310 240    440 360
   280
CWT. 2000    420    310    390 310    410 340
   380
2001    320    310    330 290    340 360
   320
PRODUCTION - 1999    864 1,156    868   48    484 108   3,528
1,000 CWT. 2000 2,058    961    975   93    451 136   4,674
2001 1,514 1,054    891   87    374 144   4,064
1/  Includes small acreages in Livingston and Niagara Counties.

New York Processing Vegetables

Crop and Year Planted Harvested Yield
per
acre		 Production Mkting
year
average
price		 Value
Acres Acres Tons Tons Dollars per ton 1,000 dollars
BEETS FOR CANNING 1999   2,500   2,500 15.37   38,430   79.00   3,036
2000   2,600   2,500 13.38   33,450   73.00   2,442
2001   2,600   2,300 15.40   35,420   75.20   2,664
CABBAGE FOR KRAUT 1999   2,400   2,400 28.41   68,180   49.00   3,341
2000   2,900   2,800 27.18   76,100   53.40   4,064
2001   2,700   2,600 28.20   73,320   51.50   3,776
GREEN PEAS 1999 15,500 14,900   2.13   31,730 314.00   9,963
2000 16,500 16,300   2.01   32,810 204.00   6,693
2001 18,400 17,400   2.27   39,490 312.00 12,324
SNAP BEANS 1999 21,500 21,200   3.42   72,550 190.00 13,808
2000 28,800 26,500   3.37   89,310 193.00 17,235
2001 23,100 22,300   2.96   66,110 174.00 11,503
SWEET CORN 1999 33,100 32,500   5.52 179,390   70.60 12,664
2000 30,700 29,000   5.33 154,650   75.00 11,599
2001 31,000 29,200   5.50 160,600   73.70 11,829

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