Vegetables and Pulses Outlook No. (VGS-312) 45 pp
Vegetables and Melons Outlook: December 2005
With total 2005 potato production down 7.5 percent, the January-October price received by growers/shippers/packers for fresh-market potatoes averaged $9.27 per cwt, 25 percent above the average received during the first 10 months of 2004. By contrast, prices for processing potatoes (which largely move under contract) averaged $5.20 per cwt, up only 1 percent from a year earlier.
Keywords: tomatoes; potatoes; dry beans; dry peas; lentils; mushrooms; celery; fresh; processing; canned; frozen; prices; production; acres; trade; longrun outlook; exports; imports; supply; demand
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- 2020
- 2010
- 2019
- Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: September 2019
- Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: May 2019
- Unpacking the Growth in Per Capita Availability of Fresh Market Tomatoes
- 2012
- Vegetables and Pulses Outlook; December 2012
- Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: September 2012
- Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: June 2012
- Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: March 2012
- 2000
- 2005
- Vegetables and Melons Outlook: December 2005
- Price Premiums Hold on as U.S. Organic Produce Market Expands
- 2004
- The Economics of Food Safety: The Case of Green Onions and Hepatitis A Outbreaks
- European Trading Arrangements in Fruits and Vegetables
- Organic Produce, Price Premiums, and Eco-Labeling in U.S. Farmers' Markets
- Factors Affecting Spinach Consumption in the United States
- 2003
- Vegetables and Melons Outlook: December 2003
- Vegetables and Melons Outlook: June 2003
- Factors Affecting U.S. Mushroom Consumption
- Vegetables and Melons Outlook: February 2003