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Contracted Vegetables Advance 16%
WASHINGTON - Sep 9/02 - SNS -- Contracted production of the four major vegetable crops used by food processors in the United States are up 16% over last year at an estimated 15.4 million tons, according to data compiled by the USDA.
Production of processing tomatoes, at 11.2 million tons, rose 23% from comparable States in 2001 and increased 5% from the same States in 2000. Snap bean production, at 739,270 tons, is up 13% from last year's comparable States. Sweet corn production, at 3.06 million tons, is down 3% from last year, and green pea production, at 380,680 tons, is down 1% for comparable States from 2001.
Contracted acres for harvest of the four major processing vegetable crops, at 1.14 million acres, are 2% more than comparable States in 2001 but 7% less than the same States in 2000.
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