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VEGETABLES

Released: July 2004 Seasonal No. 984-4-04

 

Harvested Acreage for New York Fresh Vegetables Down 5 Percent;
National Acreage Down 2 Percent



In New York, prospective area for harvest of 4 selected fresh market vegetables is 54,600 acres, down 5 percent from the 57,500 acres that were harvested in 2003. Long periods of rain, saturated fields and cool weather during planting season caused this decrease. Sweet corn, snap beans, and cabbage all experienced this decrease because of the rainy spring. Tomatoes remained the same as last year.


The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh market vegetables in the U.S. during the summer quarter is forecast to be 310,000 acres, down 2 percent from last year. Acreage decreases in sweet corn, cabbage, head lettuce, snap beans, and tomatoes more than offset acreage increases in broccoli, carrots and cucumbers.

Area forecast for melon harvest is 124,000 acres, up 4 percent from last year. Cantaloupe acreage is forecast at 44,600 acres, 5 percent above 2003. Honeydew acreage, at 15,800 acres, is up 12 percent from last year . Watermelon acreage, at 63,600 acres, is less than 1 percent above a year ago.

Strawberry production is forecast at 21.6 million cwt, 6 percent above for comparable States in 2003. Spring strawberry yield is forecast at 493 cwt, down 8 cwt from 2003 for comparable States. Acres harvested, at 43,800 acres, are up 8 percent from last year's comparable states.
 

New York Onion Acreage up 11 Percent
U.S. Onion Acreage up 5 Percent


New York onion growers planted 13,400 acres this year, up 11 percent from last year. Harvested onion acreage is expected to total 12,000 acres, 100 more acres than last year's final harvested acreage. Acreage increased from last year's poor crop to historical average levels. Growers were able to get into muck fields early and plant onions.

Nationally, onion growers expect to harvest 168,050 acres of onions in 2004, up 5 percent from last year. Spring onion growers harvested 35,300 acres, up 13 percent from last season. Summer, non-storage onion growers expect to harvest 22,400 acres, up 3 percent from last year. Storage onion growers plan to harvest 110,350 acres in 2004, up 3 percent from last season.


New York Processed Vegetable Acreage Up 12 Percent
National Acreage Down 2 Percent



Total New York acreage is up 12 percent. This year, processors contracted 21,300 acres of green peas in New York , up 25 percent from 2003. Processors contracted 20 percent more acres of sweet corn than they did last year. Producers planted 22,000 acres of snap beans this year, down 4 percent from last year.


U.S. vegetable processors have contracted 1.24 million acres to be planted to the 5 major vegetable crops (snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers for pickles, green peas, and tomatoes). This acreage is down 2 percent from last year for comparable States. Acreage increases for cucumbers for pickles and tomatoes were more than offset by decreases in snap beans, sweet corn, and green peas from last year's comparable States. Green pea contracted production, at 388,890 tons, is down 17 percent from 2003. Contracted tomato production is forecast at 11.5 million tons, up 19 percent from 2003 for comparable States.


VEGETABLES FOR FRESH MARKET


Crop and State Area
Harvested For Harvest
2004
2002 2003
Acres
Snap Beans  
Georgia 3,000 2,500 2,500
Michigan 3,900 4,000 4,200
New York 10,200 9,800 9,100
Virginia 3,100 2,900 3,000
TOTAL 20,200 19,200 18,800
 
Cabbage  
Georgia 800 700 700
Michigan 1,800 1,800 1,500
New York 11,600 9,800 9,400
TOTAL 14,200 12,300 11,600
 
Sweet Corn  
California 10,300 11,200 11,400
Illinois 5,600 5,600 5,500
Michigan 10,000 9,500 7,800
New Jersey 8,500 7,800 7,500
New York 29,800 35,600 33,800
North Carolina 8,100 8,200 8,500
Ohio 14,400 15,200 14,600
Pennsylvania 17,400 18,800 17,500
Wisconsin 7,800 7,400 6,800
TOTAL 111,900 119,300 113,400
 
Tomatoes  
California 22,500 20,000 20,000
Michigan 2,200 2,200 2,100
New Jersey 3,300 3,100 3,000
New York 2,700 2,300 2,300
Pennsylvania 4,300 4,200 3,600
Virginia 5,300 4,800 5,000
TOTAL 40,100 36,600 36,000
 




ONIONS: Area Planted and Harvested, and Yield Per Acre by Season,
State, and United States, 2003-2004 1/



Season and State Area Planted Area Harvested Yield Per Acre Production
2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004
  Acres Cwt. 1,000 Cwt.
Spring 2/  
Arizona 1,500 1,600 1,500 1,600 500 540 750 864
California 6,400 6,900 6,200 6,700 490 450 3,038 3,015
Georgia 14,000 16,500 12,500 14,500 175 260 2,188 3,770
Texas 12,800 14,500 11,000 12,500 320 280 3,520 3,500
TOTAL 34,700 39,500 31,200 35,300 304 316 9,496 11,149
 
Summer  
Non-storage 2/  
California 7,300 7,200 7,000 6,800 500 475 3,500 3,230
Nevada 3,100 3,200 3,100 3,200 600 580 1,860 1,856
New Mexico 7,700 7,700 7,700 7,700 550 450 4,235 3,465
Texas 2,700 3,400 2,500 3,200 400 300 1,000 960
Washington 1,400 1,500 1,400 1,500 370 350 518 525
TOTAL 22,200 23,000 21,700 22,400 512 448 11,113 10,036
 
Storage 3/  
California 4/ 31,800 29,400 30,800 28,500 405   12,474  
Colorado 10,500 12,500 9,600 11,500 385   3,696  
Idaho 10,000 11,000 9,800 10,800 600   5,880  
Michigan 3,700 3,800 3,600 3,700 320   1,152  
Minnesota 280 290 210 250 310   65  
New York 12,100 13,400 11,900 12,000 320   3,808  
Ohio 380 400 380 400 320   122  
Oregon  
Malheur 12,400 13,000 12,200 13,000 590   7,198  
Other 6,900 8,000 6,900 8,000 470   3,243  
Utah 1,900 1,400 1,800 1,300 460   828  
Washington 18,000 19,000 18,000 19,000 570   10,260  
Wisconsin 2,100 2,100 2,000 1,900 345   690  
TOTAL 110,060 114,290 107,190 110,350 461   49,416  
Summer 130,260 137,290 128,890 132,750 470   60,529  
UNITED STATES 166,960 176,790 160,090 168,050 437   70,025  

1/ Estimates for 2003 revised. Shrinkage and loss for 2004 will be published in the Vegetable 2004 Summary, released January 2005.
2/ Primarily fresh market.
3/ Yield and production for 2004 will be published October 1, 2004.
4/ Primarily dehydrated and other processing.

VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING



State and Utilization Area Planted
2002
Total		 2003 2004 Contract 1/
Total Contract 1/
Acres
Snap Beans:  
Delaware   2,900 2,900  
Illinois 22,400 17,100 16,700 12,600
Indiana 6,200 6,500 6,500 5,700
Maryland   2,700 2,700 2,100
Michigan 16,700 14,800 14,800 16,600
New York 21,700 23,700 22,900 22,000
Oregon 18,700 16,500 16,500 17,700
Pennsylvania 7,600 7,900 7,900 8,600
Virginia   1,000 900  
Wisconsin 79,800 72,000 72,000 71,100
 
Other States 41,500 35,800 35,800 32,100
 
United States 214,600 200,900 199,600 188,500
 
Canning 146,600 142,200 141,600 130,200
Freezing 68,000 58,700 58,000 58,300
 
Sweet Corn  
Delaware   9,400 9,400  
Illinois 16,100  
Maryland   5,500 5,500 6,500
Minnesota 148,000 142,200 142,200 139,100
New York 17,600 16,300 16,300 19,500
Oregon 33,000 31,000 31,000 29,900
Pennsylvania 1,400 1,200 1,200 2,000
Washington 97,700 101,500 101,500 94,700
Wisconsin 92,100 93,400 91,100 81,900
 
Other States 36,100 37,900 37,900 42,200
 
United States 442,000 438,400 436,100 415,800
 
Canning 221,300 222,600 220,300 219,200
Freezing 220,700 215,800 215,800 196,600
 
Green Peas  
Delaware   5,900 5,900 6,000
Minnesota 80,500 88,700 88,700 77,600
New York 16,300 17,000 17,000 21,300
Oregon 20,300 22,400 22,400 17,800
Washington 37,600 45,500 45,500 46,400
Wisconsin 42,100 39,600 39,600 33,100
 
Other States 27,600 26,500 26,500 26,800
 
United States 224,400 245,600 245,600 229,000
 
Canning 98,300 106,700 106,700 86,600
Freezing 126,100 138,900 138,900 142,400
 

1/ Includes acreage from major brokers.
2/ Illinois and Maryland included in other states.



S.C. Ropel, B.L. Smith, C.A Howard, Statisticians R24 04 July220

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