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Farm News: WI Sees Swings In Veggie ProductioncommentsPosted: 01.28.2011
Wisconsin remained in second place in the nation for both harvested acreage
and total production of the major processing vegetables in 2010.
The state moved from third into second place for value of production, as well. California remained the number one state in all three categories and accounted
for 71 percent of the total production of these vegetables.
Wisconsin maintained its number one ranking in production of processing
snap beans. The state processed 40 percent of the nation’s crop, with
308,750 tons in 2010. Harvested acres were down from 81,700 acres in
2009 to 77,800 in 2010. Nationally, snap bean production fell 6 percent,
due to lower yields and fewer acres harvested.
Wisconsin remained in third place for processing sweet corn in 2010,
producing 595,140 tons. Harvested acres decreased by 7,000 to 78,700
acres. U.S. processing sweet corn production dropped 17 percent to 2.69
million tons.
Green pea production in Wisconsin in 2010 totaled 84,510 tons, down 8
percent from the previous year. Harvested acreage rose by 700 acres, but
yields fell 9 percent. Wisconsin did, however, maintain its third place in
production. Processing pea production in the U.S. dropped 19 percent to
358,730 tons.
Wisconsin slipped from fourth into fifth place in the nation for cucumbers
for pickles, producing 27,210 tons. Yields fell 28 percent, and
harvested acreage, at 6,100 acres, was 400 fewer acres than last year.
U.S. production, at 549,640 tons, was up less than 1 percent from a
year ago.
Carrots for processing production in Wisconsin decreased 15 percent to
73,610 tons. There were 300 fewer acres harvested, and yields were
down 8 percent. Nationally, carrot production fell 9 percent to 321,030
tons.
Production for fresh market sweet corn rose in 2010, while fresh market
cabbage and onion production fell. Sweet corn for fresh market
harvested acreage increased to 7,500 acres, while yield was down less
than 1 percent to 85 hundredweight (cwt.) per acre. As a result, production
rose 6 percent.
Fresh market cabbage production fell 24 percent
due to a decrease in both acres harvested and yield. Onion production
dropped from 1,000,000 cwt. in 2009 to 288,000 cwt. in 2010. This was
due to a 400 acre loss in harvest acreage and a 320 cwt. per acre fall in
yield.
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