This data product provides users with comprehensive statistics on fresh and processed vegetables and melons in the United States, as well as global production and trade data for these sectors. It harmonizes and integrates data from the ERS market outlook program with data collected by different Federal and international statistical agencies to facilitate analyses of economic performance over time, and across domestic and foreign markets.
Data are provided for more than 30 individual fresh and processed products. Data for commodity aggregates are also presented for users to be able to examine the economic performance of a sector relative to industry benchmarks, both national and international. ERS has previously published these data in conjunction with the bimonthly ERS report Vegetables and Melons Outlook and in the annual Vegetables and Melons Yearbook and several commodity-specific data products.
Data
The Yearbook section provides data on a calendar-year basis for fresh and processed products. Data for commodity aggregates are also presented in this section. The Data by Commodity section offers more detailed data, including State-level statistics, for single industries on a marketing-year basis. Data in both sections are monthly and/or annual depending on the data series.
Yearbook (updated December 1, 2011)
Provides statistics for prices and quantities in 12 categories on a calendar-year basis for fresh and processed products.
For data not yet included here, see Vegetables and Melons Outlook: Tables and Vegetable and Melons Yearbook.
Data by Commodity (updated December 1, 2011)
Offers national, State, and other data by commodity on a marketing year basis.
Related links
Vegetables and Melons Outlook—Published every other month, this report provides current intelligence and forecasts the effects of changing conditions in the U.S. vegetable and melon sector (including potatoes, pulses, and mushrooms).
Vegetable and Melons Yearbook—Data from current and historical Vegetable and Melon Yearbooks.
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook—Published five times a year, this report provides current market developments affecting the U.S. fruit and tree nuts sector.
Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook—Supply, demand, and price data related to fruit and nuts including citrus, other tree fruits, grapes, other small fruits, processed fruit, and fruit juices.
ERS commodity briefing rooms provide an overview and background information, as well as readings and data sources, on issues related to domestic and international commodity markets.
Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System—Includes three distinct but related data series on food and nutrients available for consumption in the United States.
Fruit and Vegetable Prices—Using 2008 Nielsen Homescan data, ERS estimated average retail prices for 153 commonly consumed fresh and processed fruits and vegetables.
Farm Income Data—Includes U.S. and State-level data on annual and monthly cash receipts for vegetables and melons.
Fruit and Vegetable Market News—USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s portal for market news reports for fruit and vegetables.
Quick Stats—USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service's database of U.S., State, and county-level agricultural statistics.
Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS)—USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s database of trade statistics for agricultural, fish, forest and textile products from 1989 to the present.
