USDA-NASS-NY Vegetable Release July 2007

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VEGETABLE REPORT
July 2007

Seasonal
No. 974-3-07

Harvested Acreage for New York Fresh Vegetables
Up 2 Percent; U.S. ACREAGE DOWN 1 PERCENT

In New York, prospective area for harvest of 4 selected fresh market vegetables is 50,800 acres, up 2 percent from the 49,600 acres that were harvested in 2006.

The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh market vegetables during the summer quarter is forecast to be 296,600 acres, down 1 percent from last year. Acreage declines in snap beans, broccoli, celery, head lettuce, and bell peppers more than offset acreage increases in cabbage, carrots, sweet corn, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Cauliflower area remains unchanged. Area forecast for melon harvest is 123,800 acres, up 5 percent from last year. Cantaloup area is forecast at 38,300 acres, 2 percent below 2006. Honeydew area, at 13,900 acres, is down 7 percent from last year. Watermelon area, at 71,600 acres, is 13 percent above a year ago.

Strawberry production in the U.S. is forecast at 22.7 million cwt, 3 percent below 2006 for comparable States. Area harvested, at 45,000 acres, is virtually unchanged from last year. Strawberry yield is forecast at 504 cwt per acre, down 15 cwt from 2006.

New York Onion Acreage DOWN 12 PERCENT
U.S. Onion Acreage DOWN 3 Percent

New York onion growers planted 12,400 acres this year, down 12 percent from last year. Harvested onion acreage is expected to total 11,700 acres. Spring planting was hindered by a cool wet spring with flooding rains in Orange County.

Onion growers expect to harvest 159,680 acres of onions in 2007, down 3 percent from last year for comparable States. Spring onion rowers harvested 31,500 acres, down 9 percent from last season. Summer, non-storage onion growers expect to harvest 19,900 acres, unchanged from a year ago. Storage onion growers plan to harvest 108,280 acres in 2007, down 2 percent from comparable States last season.

National PROCESSED VEGETABLES UP 1 PERCENT

Vegetable processors have contracted 1.21 million acres to be planted to the 5 major vegetable crops (snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers for pickles, green peas, and tomatoes). This is up 1 percent from last year for comparable States. Acreage increases for cucumbers for pickles, green peas, and tomatoes more than offset declines in snap beans and sweet corn. Green pea contracted production, at 409,940 tons, up 1 percent from 2006. Contracted tomato production is forecast at 12.3 million tons, up 17 percent from 2006 for comparable States.

VEGETABLES FOR FRESH MARKET

Crop and State	Usual Harvest Period	Area
		Harvested		For Harvest 2007
		2005	2006	For Harvest 2007
		Acres

Snap Beans
Georgia	Jun-Sep	3,300	3,800		3,800
Michigan	Jul-Oct	4,100	3,600		3,800
New York	Jul-Oct	8,100	10,300		8,900
Virginia	Jul-Sep	3,300	3,200		3,200
TOTAL		18,800	20,900		19,700

Cabbage
Georgia	Jul-Sep	1,200	1,000		700
Michigan	Jun-Nov	1,700	1,800		1,700
New York	Jun-Dec	9,800	10,500		12,300
TOTAL		12,700	13,300		14,700

Sweet Corn
California	Jul-Sep	9,600	9,400		9,500
Illinois	Jul-Sep	6,200	6,500		6,600
Michigan	Jul-Oct	8,000	8,300		8,700
New Jersey	Jul-Oct	7,100	7,000		7,300
New York	Jul-Oct	28,200	26,800		26,900
North Carolina	Jun-Aug	7,000	8,000		7,800
Ohio	Jul-Sep	16,100	16,000		16,300
Pennsylvania	Jul-Oct	17,700	17,400		17,000
Wisconsin	Jul-Sep	6,900	7,000		6,600
TOTAL		106,800	106,400		106,700

Tomatoes
California	Jul-Sep	23,000	22,000		22,000
Michigan	Jul-Sep	2,000	2,000		2,200
New Jersey	Jul-Oct	3,000	2,900		2,900
New York	Jul-Oct	2,000	2,000		2,700
Pennsylvania	Jul-Oct	3,800	3,600		3,400
Virginia	Jul-Sep	5,600	5,800		5,400
TOTAL		39,400	38,300		38,600

ONIONS: Area Planted and Harvested, and Yield Per Acre by Season,
State, and United States, 2005-2006 1/

Season and State	Area Planted		Area Harvested			Yield Per Acre			Production
Season and State	2006	2007	2006		2007	2006		2007	2005	2006	2007
	Acres			Acres			Cwt.		1,000 Cwt.
Spring ²^/
Arizona	1,000	1,200	1,000		1,200	490		450	920	490	540
California	8,100	7,700	7,900		7,500	415		420	3,800	3,279	3,150
Georgia	14,000	12,500	10,500		12,000	310		300	2,205	3,255	3,600
Texas	17,700	12,500	15,200		10,800	270		360	4,650	4,104	3,888
TOTAL	40,800	33,900	34,600		31,500	322		355	11,575	11,128	11,178

Summer
Non-storage ²^/
California	9,800	8,900	9,400		8,500	560		530	5,115	5,264	4,505
Nevada	2,600	2,600	2,600		2,600	720		800	2,112	1,872	2,080
New Mexico	6,000	6,500	5,500		6,300	480		525	3,392	2,640	3,308
Texas	1,000	1,100	900		1,000	240		400	333	216	400
Washington ³^/	1,500	1,500	1,500		1,500	380		380	518	570	570
TOTAL	20,900	20,600	19,900		19,900	531		546	11,470	10,562	10,863

Storage ⁴^/
California ⁵^/	33,100	31,600	31,800		30,200	425			12,240	13,515
Colorado	10,000	10,000	9,500		9,500	400			4,180	3,800
Idaho	9,700	9,400	9,400		9,200	540			6,080	5,076
Michigan	2,700	2,600	2,600		2,500	250			754	650
New York	14,100	12,400	12,800		11,700	330			3,808	4,224
Oregon
Malheur	11,700	12,000	11,700		11,900	520			7,360	6,084
Other	8,400	8,500	8,400		8,500	550			2,808	4,620
Washington	20,000	21,000	20,000		21,000	600			11,700	12,000
Wisconsin	1,900	1,800	1,900		1,700	300			660	570
Other States ⁶^/	2,280	2,180	2,180		2,080	378			869	825
TOTAL	113,880	111,480	110,280		108,280	466			50,459	51,364

Summer	134,780	132,080	130,180		128,180	476			61,929	61,926

UNITED STATES	175,580	165,980	164,780		159,680	443			73,504	73,054

Processed ⁷^/									8,290	9,365

1/ Estimates for 2006 revised. 2/ Primarily fresh market. 3/ Includes Walla Walla and other non-storage onions. 4/ Yield and production for 2007 will be published October 4, 2007. 5/ Primarily dehydrated and other processing. 6/ OH and UT. 7/ CA only, acreage and yield are not available

VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING

State and Utilization	Area Planted
	2005 Total	2006		2007 Contract ¹^/
	2005 Total	Total	Contract ¹^/	2007 Contract ¹^/
	Acres
Snap Beans
Florida	2,100	3,300	2,800	2,400
Illinois	18,000	15,800	14,200	13,900
Indiana	5,700	5,600	5,600	5,100
Michigan	17,000	19,000	19,000	22,700
New York ²^/	21,400	22,200	20,600
Oregon	18,600	18,900	18,900	18,100
Pennsylvania	9,900	10,900	9,800	9,200
Wisconsin	77,100	73,500	73,500	72,800

Other States ³^{/ 4/}	40,430	42,720	42,151	58,630

United States	210,230	211,920	206,551	202,830

Canning	147,330	142,580	139,741	125,680
Freezing	62,900	69,340	66,810	77,150

Sweet Corn
Delaware ²^/	7,300	4,700	4,700
Maryland	6,700	6,300	6,300	6,300
Minnesota	143,500	135,200	135,200	121,600
New York ²^/	19,400	18,400	18,400
Oregon	23,200	26,100	26,100	20,400
Pennsylvania ²^/	1,300	1,200	1,200
Washington	81,900	80,200	80,200	85,300
Wisconsin	97,400	86,200	86,200	89,500

Other States ³^/	40,810	36,100	36,100	55,600

United States	421,510	394,400	394,400	378,700

Canning	227,000	197,600	197,600	180,300
Freezing	194,510	196,800	196,800	198,400

Green Peas
Delaware	6,000	5,800	3,500	5,800
Minnesota ²^/	77,200	86,700	86,700
New York ²^/	20,600	19,500	19,500
Oregon	16,200	17,600	17,600	24,400
Washington	37,100	34,300	34,300	36,900
Wisconsin	40,200	31,900	31,900	44,400

Other States ³^/	21,300	19,300	19,300	112,300

United States	218,600	215,100	212,800	223,800

Canning	93,500	90,600	90,600	82,500
Freezing	125,100	124,500	122,200	141,300

1/ Includes acreage from major brokers. 2/ 2007 data not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 3/ 2005 – AL, AR, CA, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, MA, MD, MN, MO, NC, NJ, TN, VA, and WA. 2006 – AL, CA, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, MD, MN, MO, NC, NJ, TX, and VA. 2007 – AL, CA, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TN, TX, and VA. 4/ Seasonal forecasts for AR and MO not available. Estimates to be published in the Vegetables 2007 Summary, released in January 2008.

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