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Wisconsin Vegetable Growers Had a Good 2016
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 03/30/2017

Grain and forage producers were not the only growers who saw a bountiful harvest last year. New figures from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture show that 66,600 total acres of snap beans were picked in the Badger State in 2016, with a total production of 7.28 million per hundredweight. The agency says production of snap beans for processing was 363,552 tons and was valued at $45.1 million. Wisconsin maintained its number one ranking in production of processing snap beans.

Sweet corn growers harvested 10.3 million cwt from 60,300 acres last year. Fresh market production totaled 582,000 cwt and was valued at $16.2 million. Processing production accounted for 486,749 tons and had a value of $33.2 million. The state remained in third place nationally for processing sweet corn production.

Wisconsin farmers produced 1.26 million cwt of green peas. There were 27,100 acres harvested. Fifty-five hundred acres of cucumbers were grown for a total production of 678,000 cwt. Cucumbers for pickle production totaled 33,172 tons and was valued at $7.30 million.

Producers grew 2.14 million cwt of carrots in 2016 from 4,500 harvest acres. Processing carrot production accounted for 106,150 tons and had a total value of $8.64 million.

And there were 6,000 acres of cabbage harvested in the state, with a total value of production of $47.6 million.


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