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Ohio Market Vegetables Top $135 Million
Ohio Ag Connection - 02/09/2016

Ohio produced 4.19 million hundredweight (cwt) of fresh market vegetables in 2015, according to Cheryl Turner, state statistician of the USDA, NASS, Ohio Field Office; a 9 percent decrease from 2014. The value of fresh market vegetables, at the farm level, was $135.5 million, a 6 percent increase from 2014.

Fresh market vegetable and melon production in the U.S. for the 24 selected fresh market crops estimated in 2015 totaled 400 million hundredweight, down 2 percent from last year. Harvested area covered 1.55 million acres, down 1 percent from 2014. Value of the 2015 crop is estimated at $11.9 billion, up 11 percent from a year ago. The three largest crops, in terms of production, were onions, head lettuce, and watermelons, which combined accounted for 36 percent of the total production.

U.S. processing production for eight selected vegetables estimated in 2015 totaled 19.4 million tons, up 1 percent from last year. Area harvested is estimated at 1.08 million acres, down 2 percent from a year ago.

Processing crop value is estimated at $2.25 billion, 3 percent below 2014. The three largest crops, in terms of production, are tomatoes, sweet corn, and snap beans, which combined accounted for 93 percent of the total.


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