USDA Economic Research Service Briefing Room
" "  
Search ERS

 
Briefing Rooms

Print this page Print | E-mail this link E-mail | Bookmark & Share Bookmark/share | Translate this page Translate | Text only Text only | resize text smallresize text mediumresize text large

Vegetables and Melons: Recommended Data

Contents
 
Contents
 

Vegetables at a GlancePDF file, 13.87KB contains a popular table summarizing key data on the vegetable industry.

Most recent tables from Vegetable and Melons Outlook contain the latest data on fresh and processing per capita use, acreage, production, prices, cash receipts, and U.S. trade, as well as data on potatoes, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, dry edible beans, and dry peas and lentils.

Vegetable and Melon Data is a work in progress that presently contains detailed U.S. export and import data, producer and retail price indexes, and a few retail prices. Eventually, it will encompass (and extend) all the time series data currently contained in the Vegetables and Melons Yearbook and in our individual commodity data sets. Updated monthly, it will provide users with more timely access to vegetable and melon data.

Vegetables and Melons Yearbook (May 2011) contains 172 ExcelExcel file tables, detailing 25 years of annual and monthly data for U.S. farm acreage, production, prices, trade, per capita consumption, and more.

U.S. Mushroom Statistics (August 2011) contains 56 time-series ExcelExcel file tables describing U.S. fresh and processing mushroom markets including area, yield, production, price, value, U.S. trade, and per capita consumption. Also includes world production and trade.

U.S. Cantaloup Statistics (June 2011) presents 41 ExcelExcel file tables describing the U.S. cantaloup industry, including U.S. and state acreage, yield, production, price, and crop value. Also features statistics on U.S. per capita consumption, monthly shipments, import/export volume and value, and world acreage, production, and trade.

Sweet Potato Statistics (June 2011) provides 42 ExcelExcel file tables describing the U.S. sweet potato industry, including U.S. and state acreage, yields, production, prices, and crop value. Also features statistics on U.S. per capita consumption, monthly shipments, import/export volume and value, and world acreage, production, and trade.

U.S. Broccoli Statistics (June 2011) presents 49 ExcelExcel file tables detailing U.S. and State acreage, yield, production, price, and crop value. Also contains statistics on U.S. per capita disappearance, monthly shipments, U.S. import/export volume and value by country, planting/harvesting dates, world acreage, yield, production, and trade, and more.

Dry Bean Statistics (May 2011) includes 62 time-series ExcelExcel file tables describing dry bean markets, including acreage, yield, production, price, value, trade, and per capita consumption. It also contains State production series, data by class of bean (e.g. pinto, navy, black), and world area, production, and trade.

U.S. Cabbage Statistics (March 2011) contains 81 time-series ExcelExcel file tables describing U.S. and State-level fresh cabbage and sauerkraut markets, including acreage, yield, production, market shipments, price, crop value, U.S. trade, cost of production, and per capita consumption. Includes world area, production, and trade.

U.S. Onion Statistics (March 2011) contains 74 time-series ExcelExcel file tables describing fresh and dehydrated onion markets, including acreage, yield, production, price, value, trade, and per capita consumption. Includes State-level production series, agricultural chemical use, and world area, production, and trade.

U.S. Watermelon Statistics (February 2011) includes 62 time-series ExcelExcel file tables describing U.S. and State watermelon markets, including acreage, yield, production, price, value, U.S. trade, and per capita consumption. Also includes world area, production, and trade.

U.S. Carrot Statistics (January 2011) presents U.S. and State data on acreage, yield, production, price, and value for fresh and processing carrots. Additional statistics are included for per capita use, price indexes, shipments, U.S. trade by country, world area, production, and trade, U.S. fertilizer and chemical use on carrots, and selected cost of production budgets.

U.S. Lettuce Statistics (January 2011) contains 73 ExcelExcel file spreadsheets covering the economics of the U.S. lettuce industry. Time-series data covers State and U.S. area, yield, production, prices, value as well as U.S. trade by country, per capita use, varieties, planting and harvesting dates, and fertilizer use on lettuce. Data series for world area, production, producer prices, and trade are also included.

Dry Pea and Lentil Statistics (November 2010) include time-series ExcelExcel file tables describing dry pea and lentil markets, including U.S. acreage, yield, production, price, value, trade, and per capita use. Other tables contain data on world dry pea, lentil, and chickpea acreage, production, and trade.

U.S. Tomato Statistics (July 2010) provides 114 time-series ExcelExcel file tables describing fresh and processing tomato markets, including acreage, yield, production, price, value, trade, planting dates, and per capita consumption. Includes State-level production series and world area, production, producer prices, trade, and use.

U.S. Sweet Corn Statistics (June 2010) provides 106 ExcelExcel file spreadsheets describing the U.S. fresh and processed sweet corn industries, including U.S. and state acreage, yield, production, price, and crop value. Additional statistics include per capita use, price indexes, shipments, arrivals, U.S. exports and imports by country, world production, world harvested acreage, world trade, and selected cost of production budgets.

U.S. Asparagus Statistics (May 2010) includes data on acreage, yield, production, price, crop value, and per capita use for fresh and processing asparagus. Other statistics include U.S. trade by product and country, farm numbers, world area, production, and trade.

U.S. Bell and Chile Pepper Statistics (November 2008) presents 67 Excel Excel filetables detailing U.S. and State acreage, yield, production, price, and crop value. Also contains statistics on U.S. per capita disappearance, monthly shipments, U.S. import/export volume and value by country, planting/harvesting dates, and world acreage, production, producer prices, and trade.

Phytosanitary Regulation of the Entry of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables into the United States (August 2008) contains information on the countries eligible, according to USDA's Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service, to export certain fresh fruits and vegetables to the United States and provides data on global production and trade for these commodities.

Commodity and Food Elasticities Database (September 2007) allows queriable searches of income, expenditure, and own- and cross-price elasticities for specific commodities and countries, which can be ranked and sorted. The elasticities are mainly from U.S. research on consumer demand published in working papers, dissertations, and peer-reviewed journals. The greatest number of demand studies are for vegetables, fruits, meat, and grocery products in the United States and China.

 

For more information, contact: Gary Lucier or Lewrene Glaser

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: October 3, 2011