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United States
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Vegetables 2005
The three largest crops, in terms of production, are onions, head
lettuce, and tomatoes, which combined to account for 37 percent of the
total production. Tomatoes, head lettuce, and onions claim the highest
values, accounting for 36 percent of the total value when combined.
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Crop Production 2005 Value 2005
1,000 Cwt 1,000 Dollars
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Tomatoes 39,462 1,637,394
Head Lettuce 63,594 990,905
Onions 73,769 922,369
Corn, Sweet 27,266 601,519
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Leading Fresh Market Vegetable States in 2005
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State Area Harvested
% of total
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California 43.8
Florida 9.4
Georgia 7.2
Arizona 7.1
New York 4.0
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State Production
% of total
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California 48.5
Florida 9.0
Arizona 8.8
Georgia 4.9
Texas 3.5
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State Value
% of total
California 46.5
Florida 15.8
Arizona 8.8
Georgia 4.8
Texas 3.6
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Source:
Agricultural Statistics Board
January 2006 3 NASS, USDA
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/fruit/pvg-bban/vgan0106.pdf
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USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service
Vegetables--Annual Summary
This file contains data on fresh market vegetables, including seasonal
acreage for harvest, planted acres, yield, production, intentions to
plant processing vegetables; marketing year average price, value and
utilization.
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/fruit/pvg-bban/
Greenhouse tomatoes
?Greenhouse tomatoes now represent an estimated 17 percent of U.S.
fresh tomato supply. Even though greenhouse tomatoes still constitute
a minority share of the U.S. fresh tomato market, their influence is
concentrated and growing in retail channels, which represent about
half of U.S. tomato consumption. Around 37 percent of all fresh
tomatoes sold in U.S. retail stores are now greenhouse, compared with
negligible amounts in the early 1990s.?
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?The United States, Canada, and Mexico have all developed major
greenhouse industries. The United States is the largest North American
market for greenhouse tomatoes, and U.S. imports from Canada and
Mexico are larger than domestic production. In recent years, the
growth in U.S. imports has exceeded the growth in U.S. production. In
2003, Canada accounted for an estimated 46 percent of U.S. imports of
greenhouse tomatoes. Mexico?s share was 45 percent. As the greenhouse
tomato industry has transitioned from niche to mainstream status, it
has become part of a more integrated North American market, following
the pattern established by the field tomato industry.?
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?In 2003, total production of North American greenhouse tomatoes was
estimated at 528,078 metric tons. Canada?s share of this total was 42
percent, followed by the United States with 30 percent, and Mexico
with 28 percent. Though greenhouse tomato production soared in all
three countries from the early 1990s, it has been stabilizing in the
United States and Canada. In Mexico, the industry is still growing
rapidly. Mexico?s growing area exceeds the combined total area of U.S.
and Canadian greenhouses, but with many Mexican growers using
extensive production methods with relatively simple low-yielding
technology, output is lower than in the other two countries.?
?Canada was the first big greenhouse tomato producer in North America
and still has the highest yields and total production. The Canadian
industry is centered in southern British Columbia and Ontario. Long,
relatively mild, summer days in these regions generate high yields.
During the March to December period, Canadian production is a market
force. U.S. and Mexican tomato producers, both field and greenhouse,
have to compete with the high Canadian summer volume."
Canada leads North American greenhouse tomato production in 2003
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Item U.S. Canada Mexico North America
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Greenhouse tomato
production
1,000 metric tons) 160 220 148 528
Greenhouse tomato
area (hectares) 330 446 950 1726
Average greenhouse
tomato yield
(metric tons/hectare) 484 494 156 378
Fresh field tomato
production, excluding
processing
(1,000 metric tons) 1,594 27 1804 3425
Average fresh field
tomato yield
(metric tons/hectare) 32 15 28 25
Greenhouse share of
total fresh production,
by country (percent) 9 89 8 13
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http://www.ers.usda.gov/Amberwaves/April05/Features/GreenhouseTomatoes.htm
Chart: North American greenhouse tomato production
http://www.ers.usda.gov/amberwaves/april05/features/images/NorthAmericanChart1.jpg
Greenhouse Tomatoes Change the Dynamics of the North American Fresh Tomato Industry
Economic Research Report No. (ERR2) 86 pp, April 2005
Download complete report here:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err2/
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Crop Statistics
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Alabama Crop Statistics
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the following information:
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Farms, Sq. ft. under glass or other
protection, Acres in the open, and Sales ($1,000)
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/alabama/alabamatotals.html
Alaska Crop Statistics
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the following information:
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Farms, Sq. ft. under glass or other
protection, Acres in the open, and Sales ($1,000)
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/alaska/alaskatotals.html
Arizona
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the following information:
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Farms, Sq. ft. under glass or other
protection, Acres in the open, and Sales ($1,000)
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/arizona/arizonatotals.html
Arkansas
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the following information:
Nursery and Greenhouse Crops, Farms, Sq. ft. under glass or other
protection, Acres in the open, and Sales ($1,000)
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/arkansas/arkansastotals.html
California
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/california/californiatotals.html
Colorado
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/colorado/coloradototals.html
Connecticut
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/connecticut/connecticuttotals.html
Delaware
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/delaware/delawaretotals.html
Florida
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/florida/floridatotals.html
Georgia
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/georgia/georgiatotals.html
Hawaii
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/hawaii/hawaiitotals.html
Idaho
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/idaho/idahototals.html
Illinois
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/illinois/illinoistotals.html
Indiana
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/indiana/indianatotals.html
Iowa
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/iowa/iowatotals.html
Links to the rest of the states are provided here:
Select ?State? and then click on the link ?State Census of Agriculture? Data
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/
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CANADA
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The three largest vegetable crops in Canada are potatoes,sweet corn
and green peas.
?The potato is the most important vegetable crop in Canada, accounting
for about 60% of all vegetable farm cash receipts or $608 million in
1998. Farm cash receipts rose by 17% in 1998 due to increased
production and slightly improved prices. Canadian production at 4
million tonnes was concentrated in PEI (31%), Manitoba (19%), and New
Brunswick (16%) and Alberta , Québec, Ontario all about 10%.?
(?)
?In keeping with historic tendencies, sweet corn and green peas remain
the next two most intensively planted vegetable crops in Canada this
year. Although these two crops hold their rank as the most
prolifically cultivated of the vegetable crops surveyed, their area
under cultivation continues to drop. Indications are that the area
dedicated to the production of green peas will fall to 15,279 ha this
year from the 18,616 ha planted in 1998. This decrease follows a 1%
decline in area planted observed between 1997 and 1998. Over the same
three-year period, sweet corn area under cultivation has decreased by
5%. Total area being seeded for sweet corn production fell from 34,803
ha in 1997 to 33,184 ha planted in the current year. In contrast,
survey results indicate that dry onion area will increase by 17% this
year, rising from 4,047 ha to 4,856 ha.?
? Cucumber and gherkin area is also expected to increase by an
impressive 10%. An additional 340 ha will be added to the 3,369 ha
planted in 1998. The area cultivated for field tomatoes rose by 7.3%
to 8,738 ha in 1999, ending four years of decline. In Ontario, which
accounts for 89% of planted tomato acreage, processing area remained
constant while land reserved for the fresh market rose by 72% to 1,619
ha.?
Greenhouse Industry
?In 1997, sales of greenhouse vegetables accounted for 24.5% of the
total greenhouse sales, however, in 1998 the vegetable share of total
greenhouse sales decreased to 24.0%. Interestingly, the production of
vegetable bedding plants for sale has increased dramatically by 37.2%
from 254 million plants in 1997 to 348 million plant in 1998.?
Distribution of Horticulture
Prairie Provinces
?Vegetable crops must be suited to the relatively short growing
season, 110 to 125 frost-free days. Such crops as sweet corn and
tomatoes require the earliest cultivars. Most horticultural crops
require supplementary irrigation, especially in the southwestern
Prairies.?
Ontario
?Southern Ontario is an important horticultural area in Canada. ?The
extreme southwestern part of Ontario is especially suited for
vegetable crops including processing tomatoes and sweet corn. Limited
deposits of organic soils are used for fresh vegetable production,
especially carrots, lettuce, celery and radishes.?
Quebec
?Processing vegetables are important in Quebec, especially peas,
beans, corn and some tomatoes. ?This area is the site of major organic
soil deposits and such vegetables as lettuce, carrots and cole crops
are important. ?
Atlantic Provinces
?Potato production takes place in most regions of Canada, but here in
New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, there is an extensive
processing industry with emphasis on frozen "french fries" and seed
potatoes.?
International Society for Horticultural Science
ISHS, the world's leading, independent organization of horticultural scientists
http://www.hridir.org/countries/canada/index.htm
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Canada 2003
Greenhouse tomato production
Metric tons 220,114
Harvested Hectares 446
Field-grown tomato production
Metric tons 26,882
Harvested Hectares 1,813
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err2/err2c.pdf
Alberta
?About 72 percent of Alberta's agricultural products are made up of
field crops. Fruits, vegetables, or greenhouse products make up 10.7
percent of all products produced. The area devoted to greenhouse
production under glass, plastic, or other protection increased 36.2
percent from 1996 to 2001. The top two fruit crops produced in Alberta
are saskatoons (a berry) and strawberries. The top two field vegetable
crops are green peas and sweet corn.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Alberta-to-Nova-Scotia/Alberta.html
Greenhouse space
Alberta
?There are 54.0 acres of greenhouse space devoted to the production of
seedless cucumbers, 21 acres to tomatoes, 10.6 acres to peppers and
2.5 acres to lettuce?.
Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec
?This distribution of space is unique when compared to the greenhouse
industries in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec where a higher
proportion of space is devoted to the production of tomatoes and less
for cucumbers.?
?Over the last 10 years, the average size of a vegetable greenhouse
operation has increased to one acre. One acre is considered to be an
economic unit for vegetable production. ?
Alberta Greenhouse Growers Association (AGGA)
http://www.agga.ca/projects/finalsur.htm
British Columbia
?Only 4.2 percent of British Columbia's land area can be used to grow
crops. In 2001, the province had 20,290 farms on a total of over 6.4
million acres (2.6 million hectares). The most valuable commodities
grown are floricultural and nursery items (including potted plants,
cut flowers, bedding plants, and foliage plants), followed by
vegetables (especially sweet corn, green or wax beans, and green
peas), berries (strawberries, cranberries, and raspberries), grapes,
tree fruit, and grains and oil-seeds.?
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?Greenhouses under glass, plastic, or other protection in British
Columbia cover 1,147 acres (464 hectares) and produce cucumbers,
lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers. The province also produces the
greatest amount of fresh mushrooms in western North America, annually
marketing some 33 million pounds (15 million kilograms). There were 56
acres (23 hectares) devoted to mushroom cultivation in 2001. The
largest ginseng farm in the world is in British Columbia, covering
more than 1,458 acres (590 hectares). Some 320 farms in 2001 were
growing organic products.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Alberta-to-Nova-Scotia/British-Columbia.html
Manitoba
?The province is the leading Canadian producer of flaxseed, sunflower
seeds, buckwheat, and field peas.?
?Of the 7.6 million hectares (18.8 million acres) of farm land in
2001, 4.7 million hectares (11.6 million acres) were used for growing
crops. Manitoba had 21,071 farms in 2001, with nearly all of them
family-operated. In 2000, the total farm receipts (excluding forest
products sold) were C$3.53 billion, but farmers' operating expenses
were C$3.07 billion.?
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?The top field-grown vegetable crops are sweet corn, carrots, and onions.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Alberta-to-Nova-Scotia/Manitoba.html
New Brunswick
?Major crops harvested in the province are hay, potatoes, barley,
oats, and blue-berries. Wheat, strawberries, tobacco, apples, and
raspberries are also grown.?
?Vegetables are grown on more than 220 farms. Some 150 farms are
greenhouses under glass, plastic, or other protection. Vegetable
growers produce sweet corn, squash, pumpkins, zucchini, cabbage,
tomatoes, and cucumbers.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Alberta-to-Nova-Scotia/New-Brunswick.html
Newfoundland and Labrador
?The main crops are hay, potatoes, alfalfa, blueberries, rutabagas, and cabbage.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Alberta-to-Nova-Scotia/Newfoundland-and-Labrador.html
Nova Scotia
?There were 3,923 farms in Nova Scotia in 2001. Total farm area was
1.01 million acres (407,046 hectares), with 294,602 acres (119,219
hectares) of land area under crops.?
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?Nova Scotia has a highly specialized commercial agriculture sector
dominated by horticultural crops. Export items include blueberries,
apples, strawberries, processed fruits, vegetables, and juices. A wide
variety of vegetables are produced, with potatoes the most important
one. Other important vegetables are carrots, green or wax beans, and
green peas. Pears and tobacco are also commercially grown.?
Greenhouse operations
?Greenhouse operations cover over 3 million square feet (282,472
square meters), and primarily produce vegetables, flowers, and
ornamental shrubs. There were 23 farms producing organic products in
2001.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Alberta-to-Nova-Scotia/Nova-Scotia.html
Ontario
?In 2001, Ontario had 59,728 farms, the highest number among the
provinces. That year, the total land area of farms in Ontario was 13.5
million acres (5.5 million hectares), of which 9.04 million acres (3.7
million hectares) were under crops. Farm receipts in 2000 (excluding
forest products sold) amounted to C$9.12 billion, or 23.8 percent of
the national total. Farmers' operating expenses in 2000 equaled C$7.83
billion.?
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?The top three field-grown vegetables produced are sweet corn, green
peas, and tomatoes. A total of 405 farms were growing certified
organic products in 2001. Over 2,000 farms had greenhouses under
glass, plastic, or other protection.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Nunavut-to-Yukon/Ontario.html
Prince Edward Island
?Potatoes are the major source of farm income, contributing an average
of more than 30 percent of the total farm cash receipts; much of the
annual potato harvest is shipped to the populous areas of Ontario.?
?The top three field-grown vegetable crops are carrots, rutabagas and
turnips, and cauliflower. There were 23 farms producing certified
organic products in 2001.?
?There were 1,845 farms operating in 2001, with an average size of 351
acres (142 hectares).?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Nunavut-to-Yukon/Prince-Edward-Island.html
Quebec
?In 2001, Québec had over 8.5 million acres (3.4 million hectares) in
32,139 farms, of which 4.6 million acres (1.8 million hectares) were
in crops. The primary field crops are hay, fodder corn, alfalfa,
barley, and soybeans. The top three fruit crops grown are blueberries,
apples, and strawberries. The top three field-grown vegetable crops
are sweet corn, green or wax beans, and green peas. Carrots, green
cabbage, onions, potatoes, wheat, and tobacco are also grown.?
?Québec has 1,159 farms with greenhouses under glass, plastic, or
other protection. There are 60 sod farms, 395 farms growing Christmas
trees, and 627 farms growing nursery products. In 2001, 372 farms
reported growing certified organic products.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Nunavut-to-Yukon/Qu-bec.html
Saskatchewan
?The top field-grown vegetable crops are sweet corn, cabbage, and green peas.?
(?)
?There were 50,598 farms operating in Saskatchewan in 2001. The total
farm area that year was 64.9 million acres (26.3 million hectares),
and 37.9 million acres (15.4 million hectares) were used for crops.?
National Encyclopedia
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/canada/Nunavut-to-Yukon/Saskatchewan.html
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Canadian greenhouse vegetable production
?Canadian greenhouse vegetable production has evolved into a rapidly
growing business with a farm gate value of $494 million in 2000.?
?Production of greenhouse vegetables occurs in every province but is
concentrated in Ontario, British Columbia (B.C.) and Quebec due to
climatic and energy advantages as well as the proximity to large
domestic and U.S. markets.?
?British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec have also been able to develop
niche markets in nearby U.S. states with the decrease of tariffs since
1989.?
?In 2000, Canada grew 182,736 tonnes of greenhouse tomatoes valued at
$288 million for the fresh market. Also in 2000, Canada produced
approximately519,166 tonnes of field tomatoes with an estimated farm
gate value of $52 million. Nearly all the field tomato production went
to processing. Greenhouse grown tomatoes account for an increasing
proportion of Canadian fresh tomato production.?
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?Most greenhouses in Ontario and B.C., the two leading provinces are
heated with natural gas, usually purchased through producer-owned
cooperatives. In warmer climates cooling becomes a significant cost.
Greenhouse crops, because of the controlled and enclosed environment,
are much less susceptible to outbreaks of diseases and insects.?
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Canada
Production and Area
Year 2000
Number of Greenhouses 3,460
Area (millions.of square foot) 167
Cost of Production and Market Pricing
?Greenhouse tomatoes are generally priced higher than field-grown
tomatoes due to higher production costs but yields are much higher as
well (in Canada, yield for greenhouse tomatoes is approximately 187
metric tonnes/acre compared to 26 metric tonnes/acre for field
tomatoes). Higher costs are attributed to higher usage of fuel,
labour, sophisticated technology and computers.?
Major Greenhouse Vegetable Production in Canada (in tonnes)
Products 2000
Tomatoes 182,736
Cucumbers 101,157
Peppers 17,580
Lettuce 11,448
Total 312,921
Major Greenhouse Vegetable Farm Gate Value in Canada (in '$000)
Products 2000
Tomatoes $287,691
Cucumbers $129,879
Peppers $61,256
Lettuce $15,219
Total $494,045
Major Greenhouse Vegetable Production in Canada by Province
(in tonnes)
Products Maritimes Quebec Ontario Prairies BC Canada
Tomatoes 12,842 10,241 130,773 2,440 37,775 182,736
Cucumbers 11,542 2,757 5,856 75,384 13,462 101,157
Peppers NA 15 6,180 NA 10,859 17,580
Lettuce NA NA NA NA NA 11,448
Total 312,921
Major Greenhouse Farm Gate Value in Canada by Province (in '$000)
Products Maritimes Quebec Ontario Prairies BC Canada
Tomatoes $3,258 $26,175 $177,223 $6,924 $73,587 $287,167
Cucumbers $2,025 $3,175 $97,252 $10,792 $16,623 $129,867
Peppers NA NA $17,983 $1,817 $41,283 $61,256
Lettuce NA NA NA NA NA $15,219
Total $493,509
Statistics Canada
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/hort/index_e.cfm?s1=prof&page=tom
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Canada's Tomato Industry Report 2006
Greenhouse
Download here:
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/hort/grnhs-serre/pdf/CTIR2006.pdf
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U.S. Greenhouse/Hothouse Hydroponic Tomato Timeline Report
Download here:
http://cipm.ncsu.edu/cropTimelines/pdf/USgreenhousetomato.PDF
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The Greenhouse Vegetable Industry
Read full text here:
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/ghveg.html#ghindry
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