Wisconsin Vegetable Growers Have a Good Year
Monday, March 25th, 2019 -- 8:00 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -New figures from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture show that 66,000 total acres of snap beans were picked in the Badger State in 2018, with a total production of 6.6 million per hundredweight.The agency says production of snap beans for processing was 312,840 tons and was valued at $32.5 million. Wisconsin maintained its number one ranking in production of processing snap beans, though production and value were lower than 2017's growing season. Sweet corn growers harvested 9.59 million cwt. from 56,400 acres last year. Fresh market production totaled 326,900 cwt. and was valued at $8.74 million. Processing production accounted for 463,100 tons and had a value of $31.4 million. The state remained in third place nationally for processed sweet corn production.
Wisconsin farmers produced 978,600 cwt of green peas. There were 23,300 acres harvested. The 48,881 tons of processing green pea production had a value of $11.5 million. Producers grew 1.72 million cwt of carrots in 2018 from 4,000 harvest acres. Processing carrot production accounted for 85,570 tons, which was worth $6.62 million. And there were 5,100 acres of cucumbers harvested for a total production of 612,000 cwt. in the state last year; and 3,300 acres of cabbage picked.
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