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VEGETABLES


Released February 1, 2001
Seasonal
No. 984-2-01

STORAGE CABBAGE STOCKS DOWN 22 PERCENT
FROM JANUARY 1, 2000

Cabbage stocks for New York as of January 1, 2001 are estimated at 1.43 million hundredweight, according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. This is 22 percent below the holdings for the same date last year.

Yields are estimated at 440 cwt. (hundredweight) per acre in 2000, up 7 percent from last year.

The quality of cabbage in storage is 55 percent above average, 41 percent average, and 4 percent below average. The head sizes of the cabbage in storage is 58 percent large, 34 percent medium, and 8 percent small.

Storage quality and head size also increased from last year's crop.

CABBAGE:  (Fresh Market Only) New York acreage, yield,
production and stocks, 1996-2000

Crop Year Acres Yield Harvested
production		 January 1 Stocks
Planted Harvested Amount
on hand		 Percent of
production
Acres Cwt. 1,000 cwt. 1,000 cwt. Percent
1996 11,000 10,500 400 4,200 1,263 30
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

The Size and Quality of Heads as Reported
by Growers for 1996-2000

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Percent
Size of Head
Large 39 56 46 53 58
Medium 49 34 39 36 34
Small 12 10 15 11 8
Storage Quality
Above Average 29 48 39 52 55
Average 55 51 50 40 41
Below Average 16 1 11 8 4

U.S. PLANTED ACREAGE OF SPRING ONIONS LOWER

U.S. growers intend to plant 37,000 acres of spring onions for 2001, down 11 percent from 2000 and 8 percent below 1999. All four spring onion states decreased planted acreage for 2001. Planting is on schedule in California. The Texas crop looks good in most areas with plenty of rain. However, planting was delayed in the San Antonio/Winter Garden area because of these rains.

Onions for Fresh Market:   Planting Intentions and Prospective Area for Harvest 1/

Season
and
State
Planted Area
 Harvested Area
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 For
harvest
2001
Acres
Spring:
Arizona 2/ 3,000 3,300 3,200 3,000 3,200
California 2/ 7,500 7,200 6,300 7,300 7,100
Georgia 16,000 15,000 13,000 14,500 12,400 12,000
Texas 13,800 15,900 14,500 12,700 13,500 13,800
TOTAL 2/ 40,300 41,400 37,000 37,500 36,200
1/  Primarily fresh market.
2/  2001 - Planting Intentions - harvested acreage published April 6, 2001.

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