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Wisconsin Producers Are Growing More Vegetables
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/29/2008

Wisconsin moved up one spot into second place in the nation for both harvested acreage and value of production of the major processing vegetables in 2007. The state retained its third place rank in percent of total U.S. production. California remained the number one state in all three categories and accounted for 69 percent of the total production of these vegetables.

The state's agriculture department says Wisconsin continued its number one ranking in production of processing snap beans. The state produced 35 percent of the nation's crop with 264,910 tons in 2007. Nationally, snap bean production declined two percent mainly due to lower yields.

Wisconsin was again third in production of processing sweet corn with 578,720 tons for 2007. Harvested acreage rose slightly from the previous year to 83,000 acres. U.S. processing sweet corn production declined six percent to 2.90 million tons. With a drop in production of 18 percent, Minnesota slid into second place behind Washington.

Green pea production in Wisconsin in 2007 totaled 80,950 tons, a rise of 24 percent from the previous year and the highest production since 2003. Harvested acreage rose by 6,300 acres to 37,300 acres, and yields were three percent higher at 2.17 tons per acre. Production of processing peas increased 6 percent in the U.S. to 435,930 tons. Frozen peas made up 64 percent of the total U.S. production.

Wisconsin's cucumber for pickle acreage continued to rise as the state climbed into third place for national production. Harvested acreage, at 6,100 acres, climbed 27 percent, and the state's production jumped 50 percent. U.S. production was nearly the same as the previous year. Due to lower yields, Wisconsin's carrot production declined 15 percent, and U.S. production was 10 percent lower.

And the state's total harvested acreage for the three main fresh market vegetables was nearly the same as a year earlier. Cabbage planted acreage increased by 600 acres, but harvested acreage was the same as in 2006 at 4,100 acres. Fresh market cabbage production rose 25 percent. Sweet corn for fresh market harvested acreage increased to 7,400 acres, but lower yields caused production to decline by 10 percent. Onion production was down four percent; higher yields did not offset 300 fewer acres harvested.


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