The National Ag Statistics Service says 2010 contracted processing vegetable production for snap beans, sweet corn, green peas and tomatoes is down 9 percent from last year.
Processing tomato production is 12.8 million tons, 7 percent below 2009. Snap bean production is 736,680 tons, down 6 percent from a year ago. Sweet corn output is 16 percent lower at 2.73 million tons and green pea production has dropped 20 percent to 351,480 tons. Contracted acreage harvested for the four crops is down 10 percent at 988,150 acres.
Production in the top states for each of the four crops shapes up this way:
Snap bean acreage in Wisconsin this year is 77,100, 4,100 less than in 2009. Snap bean production in the state declined from 353,290 tons last year to 326,900 in 2010.
Sweet corn acreage in Minnesota dropped 2,900 acres to 119,500 harvested and production fell from 979,250 tons in 2009 to 872,350 tons this year.
California tomato acreage fell 40,000 to 268,000 acres this year and production slipped from 13.14 million pounds last year to 12.3 million this year.
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