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Farm News: WI Veggie Production Stays StrongcommentsPosted: 01.31.2012
Wisconsin maintained its number one ranking in production of processing snap beans. The state processed 44 percent of the nation’s crop, with 301,240 tons in 2011. Harvested acres were down from 75,800 acres in 2010 to 69,100 in 2011. Nationally, snap bean production fell 11 percent, due to fewer acres harvested. Wisconsin remained in third place for processing sweet corn in 2011, producing 595,780 tons. Harvested acres decreased by 3,200 to 74,500 acres. U.S. processing sweet corn production was down 2 percent to 2.63 million tons. Green pea production in Wisconsin in 2011 totaled 72,670 tons, down 2 percent from the previous year. Despite the drop in production, Wisconsin moved from third into second place in the nation, due to a 38 percent fall in Minnesota’s production. Processing pea production in the U.S. dropped 15 percent to 294,920 tons. Wisconsin moved from fifth into fourth place in the nation for cucumbers for pickles, producing 30,690 tons. Harvested acreage, at 5,600 acres, was 500 fewer acres than last year. U.S. production, at 482,030 tons, was down 13 percent from a year ago. Carrots for processing production in Wisconsin increased 26 percent to 92,390 tons. There were 300 more acres harvested, and yields were up 15 percent. Nationally, carrot production was up 7 percent to 338,590 tons. Production for fresh market sweet corn, fresh market cabbage and onions all rose in 2011. Sweet corn for fresh market harvested acreage decreased to 7,300 acres, but yield jumped 12 percent to 95 hundredweight (cwt.) per acre. As a result, production rose 9 percent. Fresh market cabbage produc-tion rebounded from 2010, increasing 24 percent, due to a 28 percent gain in yield. Onion production grew from 320,000 cwt. in 2010 to 555,000 cwt. in 2011. This was due to a 170 cwt. per acre increase in yield.
Wisconsin remained in second place in the nation for harvested acreage, total production, and value of production for the major processing vegeta-bles in 2011. California remained the number one state in all three categories and accounted for 72 percent of the total production of these vegetables. |