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nass-ny@nass.usda.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Candice Howard Monday,
January 31, 2005
VALUE OF NEW YORK VEGETABLES RANKS SIXTH IN NATION
The value of all New York vegetable production in 2004 totaled $332 million, according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. New York ranked sixth in the nation for the value of principle fresh market vegetables.
The value of the Empire State’s principle fresh market vegetables totaled $292 million this year. Fresh market production in 2004 was estimated at 14.8 million hundredweight (cwt.). Planted acreage decreased from 92,300 acres in 2003 to 82,200 acres in 2004.
Processing vegetables were valued at $40.1 million in 2004 and production totaled 330 thousand tons.
New York onion yields averaged 370 cwt. per acre, 50 cwt. higher than last year. Year 2004 production is estimated at 4.88 million cwt., a 28 percent increase from last year. Value is up 23 percent, for a total of $54.3 million.
New York’s fresh market cabbage production for 2004, estimated at 3.71 million cwt., is down 3 percent from 2003 production of 3.82 million cwt. New York ranked second in the nation for fresh market cabbage production in 2004.
Fresh market sweet corn acreage was down in 2004. A total of 29,000 acres were harvested, a 26 percent decrease from last year. Yields decreased, averaging 100 cwt. per acre. Total value ended up at $59.9 million, down 29 percent from last year.
The value of the 2004 New York fresh market snap bean crop was fourth highest in the nation at $14.0 million. Total production was 190,000 cwt., down 52 percent from last year due to less acres harvested and much lower yields.
Pumpkins showed a value of $25.4 million. There were 6,300 acres harvested for a production of 819 thousand cwt. Value of production in 2004 increased 155 percent from 2003 because heavy rains in September resulted in fewer pumpkins which led to higher prices. Total value for 2004 was $25.4 million.
Processed snap beans value of production was down 6 percent in 2004, at $13.0 million. Total production was 66,310 tons, down 14 percent from 2003.
The value of processed green peas rose 20 percent due to an increase in harvested acres from last year. Production totaled 34,250 tons and total value ended up at $11.7 million.
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