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VEGETABLES
Released October 5, 2006
Seasonal
No. 984-6-06
NEW YORK ONION PRODUCTION UP 9 PERCENT
New York=s onion crop for 2006 is forecast at 4.16 million hundredweight (cwt.), up 9 percent from last year=s crop of 3.81 million cwt., according to Steve Ropel, Director of USDA=s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Office. Higher yields more than offset a decrease in harvested acres. Onion yield at 320 hundredweight per acre is higher than last year’s 280 and the 10-year average of 306 hundredweight per acre. However, reports from onion growers indicate that the rains and heat have negatively affected the condition and quality of the onions harvested.
U.S. SUMMER STORAGE ONION PRODUCTION
UP LESS THAN 1 PERCENT
Summer storage onion production is forecast at 50.3 million hundredweight, up less than 1 percent from last year. Storage onion harvested area is
forecast at 109,650 acres, up 3 percent from 2005. California production, at 13.2 million hundredweight, is 12 percent above 2005. Harvested area is
expected to be 31,500 acres, up 13 percent from last year.
ONIONS: Area Harvested, Yield,
and Production by Season,
State, and United States, 2004-2005 and Forecasted
2006
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Crop and State |
Area |
Yield per acre |
Production |
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Harvested |
For Harvest |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
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2004 |
2005 |
2006
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Acres |
Cwt. |
1,000 cwt. |
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Spring |
35,700 |
35,300 |
34,500 |
337 |
318 |
386 |
12,031 |
11,243 |
13,330 |
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Summer |
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Non-Storage |
23,200 |
19,800 |
21,000 |
521 |
563 |
517 |
12,098 |
11,140 |
10,853 |
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Storage |
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CA1 |
30,000 |
27,800 |
31,500 |
440 |
425 |
420 |
3,200 |
11,815 |
13,230 |
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CO |
11,000 |
9,500 |
9,700 |
500 |
440 |
440 |
5,500 |
4,180 |
4,268 |
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ID |
10,400 |
9,500 |
9,500 |
770 |
640 |
575 |
8,008 |
6,080 |
5,463 |
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MI |
3,200 |
2,900 |
2,600 |
290 |
260 |
230 |
928 |
754 |
598 |
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NY |
13,000 |
13,600 |
13,000 |
400 |
280 |
320 |
5,200 |
3,808 |
4,160 |
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OR |
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Malheur |
11,100 |
11,500 |
12,000 |
780 |
640 |
500 |
8,658 |
7,360 |
6,000 |
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Other |
7,400 |
7,800 |
7,400 |
570 |
360 |
420 |
4,218 |
2,808 |
3,108 |
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UT 2 |
1,500 |
520 |
780 |
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WA |
20,000 |
19,500 |
20,000 |
580 |
600 |
600 |
11,600 |
11,700 |
12,000 |
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WI |
1,900 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
320 |
330 |
310 |
608 |
660 |
620 |
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Oth Sts 3 |
550 |
1,920 |
1,950 |
324 |
453 |
429 |
178 |
869 |
837 |
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Total |
110,050 |
106,020 |
109,650 |
535 |
472 |
459 |
58,878 |
50,034 |
50,284 |
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Summer |
133,250 |
125,820 |
130,650 |
533 |
486 |
468 |
70,976 |
61,174 |
61,137 |
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US |
168,950 |
161,120 |
165,150 |
491 |
449 |
451 |
83,007 |
72,417 |
74,467 |
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