USDA Economic Research Service Archives - Specialty Crop Industry Vegetable and Specialty Crop News Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:40:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 116110416 USDA ERS Study: Changing Landscape with Strawberries https://specialtycropindustry.com/usda-ers-study-changing-landscape-with-strawberries/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:10:00 +0000 https://specialtycropindustry.com/?p=23258 A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) study concludes that strawberries remain the most popular berry in terms of their value and volume of production. About 2.4 billion pounds of strawberries were produced in 2018-2020, an 87% increase from 1.29 billion pounds in 2000-2002. About 2 billion pounds, or 83% of strawberry production, are for the fresh ...

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]]> 23258 Potato Production, Price Update https://specialtycropindustry.com/potato-production-price-update/ Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://specialtycropindustry.com/?p=20703 Potato production was down in 2022 as planted acres and yield production dropped, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service Situation and Outlook Report. Production is down 3% from last year due mostly to a decrease of 2% in planted acres. It is the first time that annual potato production has declined five straight years since 1866. ...

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