Wet
planting and harvesting conditions throughout the Great Lakes resulted in a
smaller vegetable crop for most growers last year.
Total
vegetable and melon production in the U.S. declined one percent in 2018 while
harvested acres were down three percent.
Vegetable crops were valued at nearly $13 billion, down 12 percent.
The
top yielding crops were tomatoes, sweet corn and onions and sweet corn,
tomatoes and snap beans were the top crops in terms of acreage.
The
Badger State remained the nation’s top producer of snap beans and the
third-largest producer of sweet corn in 2018. The USDA’s Agricultural
Statistics Service says there were 66-thousand acres of snap beans in the state
yielding 6.6 million hundredweight. About half of the beans were sold on
the fresh market and the rest were processed. The crop was valued at more
than 49 million dollars.
Continue reading Great Lakes report declining veggie production at Brownfield Ag News.
