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USDA Blueberry Production Summary - May 2021

Blueberry, Cultivated Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and
United States: 2018-2020
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                        :         Area harvested         :         Yield per acre
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  ----------- acres ----------     ---------- pounds ----------
                        :
California .............:   6,600      7,300      6,400      9,840     10,100     12,390
Florida ................:   5,200      5,100      4,400      3,950      4,740      4,790
Georgia ................:  13,300     16,200     16,000      4,100      5,700      4,640
Michigan ...............:  19,700     20,600     17,200      3,560      4,120      4,290
New Jersey .............:   9,000      9,200      8,400      4,940      5,090      5,350
North Carolina .........:   7,500      8,700      7,300      4,500      4,160      4,510
Oregon .................:  13,500     13,300     13,500     10,200     11,700     11,400
Washington .............:  14,400     16,700     18,200      9,470      9,760      9,220
                        :
United States ..........:  89,200     97,100     91,400      6,300      6,970      7,090
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                        :        Total production        :      Utilized production
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :                          1,000 pounds
                        :
California .............:  64,900     73,700     79,300     63,470     71,780     78,900
Florida ................:  20,500     24,200     21,100     20,420     23,620     20,170
Georgia ................:  54,500     92,300     74,200     53,350     92,120     69,080
Michigan ...............:  70,100     84,900     73,800     70,030     84,900     73,650
New Jersey .............:  44,500     46,800     44,900     44,010     45,590     44,460
North Carolina .........:  33,800     36,200     32,900     33,490     35,770     32,640
Oregon .................: 137,500    155,500    154,000    134,750    154,100    152,920
Washington .............: 136,500    163,000    168,000    136,100    162,830    165,640
                        :
United States ..........: 562,300    676,600    648,200    555,620    670,710    637,460
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                        :        Price per pound         :  Value of utilized production
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  --------- dollars ---------     ------- 1,000 dollars -------
                        :
California .............:  2.200      2.850      2.730     139,755    204,460    215,698
Florida ................:  2.960      2.640      2.560      60,404     62,309     51,616
Georgia ................:  1.640      1.410      1.440      87,258    130,028     99,271
Michigan ...............:  1.000      0.886      1.020      70,226     75,258     75,356
New Jersey .............:  1.420      1.850      1.690      62,441     84,407     75,098
North Carolina .........:  1.710      1.700      1.520      57,304     60,811     49,632
Oregon .................:  1.340      0.871      0.782     180,730    134,254    119,648
Washington .............:  1.020      0.941      1.310     139,177    153,224    217,467
                        :
United States ..........:  1.430      1.350      1.420     797,295    904,751    903,786
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Blueberry, Cultivated Utilization, Price, and Value by Utilization - States and
United States: 2018-2020
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                        :                       Utilized production
  Utilization and State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :        2018         :        2019         :        2020
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                        :                          1,000 pounds
                        :
Fresh                   :
  California ...........:        52,240                56,160                62,960
  Florida ..............:           (D)                   (D)                   (D)
  Georgia ..............:        31,990                60,090                49,120
  Michigan .............:        37,010                44,740                41,920
  New Jersey ...........:        35,960                37,630                37,810
  North Carolina .......:           (D)                   (D)                   (D)
  Oregon ...............:        60,500                69,040                75,920
  Washington ...........:        41,910                50,530                40,490
                        :
  Other States 1/ ......:        45,850                52,940                41,610
                        :
  United States ........:       305,460               371,130               349,830
                        :
Processed               :
  California ...........:        11,230                15,620                15,940
  Florida ..............:           (D)                   (D)                   (D)
  Georgia ..............:        21,360                32,030                19,960
  Michigan .............:        33,020                40,160                31,730
  New Jersey ...........:         8,050                 7,960                 6,650
  North Carolina .......:           (D)                   (D)                   (D)
  Oregon ...............:        74,250                85,060                77,000
  Washington ...........:        94,190               112,300               125,150
                        :
  Other States 1/ ......:         8,060                 6,450                11,200
                        :
  United States ........:       250,160               299,580               287,630
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See footnote(s) at end of table.                                               --continued
Blueberry, Cultivated Utilization, Price, and Value by Utilization - States and
United States: 2018-2020 (continued)
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                        :        Price per pound         :      Value of production
  Utilization and State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  --------- dollars ---------     ------- 1,000 dollars -------
                        :
Fresh                   :
  California ...........:  2.600      3.560      3.350     135,824    199,930    210,916
  Florida ..............:    (D)        (D)        (D)         (D)        (D)        (D)
  Georgia ..............:  2.080      1.940      1.830      66,539    116,575     89,890
  Michigan .............:  1.380      1.350      1.510      51,074     60,399     63,299
  New Jersey ...........:  1.620      2.150      1.900      58,255     80,905     71,839
  North Carolina .......:    (D)        (D)        (D)         (D)        (D)        (D)
  Oregon ...............:  2.030      1.230      1.150     122,815     84,919     87,308
  Washington ...........:  1.860      1.810      2.280      77,953     91,459     92,317
                        :
  Other States 1/ ......:  2.480      2.270      2.340     113,829    120,204     97,412
                        :
  United States ........:  2.050      2.030      2.040     626,289    754,391    712,981
                        :
Processed               :
  California ...........:  0.350      0.290      0.300       3,931      4,530      4,782
  Florida ..............:    (D)        (D)        (D)         (D)        (D)        (D)
  Georgia ..............:  0.970      0.420      0.470      20,719     13,453      9,381
  Michigan .............:  0.580      0.370      0.380      19,152     14,859     12,057
  New Jersey ...........:  0.520      0.440      0.490       4,186      3,502      3,259
  North Carolina .......:    (D)        (D)        (D)         (D)        (D)        (D)
  Oregon ...............:  0.780      0.580      0.420      57,915     49,335     32,340
  Washington ...........:  0.650      0.550      1.000      61,224     61,765    125,150
                        :
  Other States 1/ ......:  0.481      0.452      0.343       3,879      2,916      3,836
                        :
  United States ........:  0.684      0.502      0.663     171,006    150,360    190,805
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
1/  Includes data withheld above.
Blueberry, Cultivated Harvested Not Sold Production - States and United States: 2018-2020
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                        :                       Harvested not sold
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :        2018         :        2019         :        2020
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                        :                          1,000 pounds
                        :
California .............:        1,430                 1,920                   400
Florida ................:           80                   580                   930
Georgia ................:        1,150                   180                 5,120
Michigan ...............:           70                     -                   150
New Jersey .............:          490                 1,210                   440
North Carolina .........:          310                   430                   260
Oregon .................:        2,750                 1,400                 1,080
Washington .............:          400                   170                 2,360
                        :
United States ..........:        6,680                 5,890                10,740
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-  Represents zero.
Blueberry, Wild Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and
United States: 2018-2020
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                        :         Area harvested         :         Yield per acre
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  ----------- acres ----------     ---------- pounds ---------
                        :
Maine ..................:  18,800     20,500     20,700     2,680      3,800      2,290
                        :
United States ..........:  18,800     20,500     20,700     2,680      3,800      2,290
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                        :        Total production        :      Utilized production
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :                          1,000 pounds
                        :
Maine ..................:  50,400     77,900     47,400     50,300     77,670     47,350
                        :
United States ..........:  50,400     77,900     47,400     50,300     77,670     47,350
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                        :        Price per pound         :  Value of utilized production
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  --------- dollars ---------      ------- 1,000 dollars ------
                        :
Maine ..................:  0.473      0.491      0.603      23,815     38,170     28,566
                        :
United States ..........:  0.473      0.491      0.603      23,815     38,170     28,566
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Blueberry, Wild Utilization, Price, and Value by Utilization - States and
United States: 2018-2020
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                        :                       Utilized production
  Utilization and State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :        2018         :        2019         :        2020
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                        :                          1,000 pounds
                        :
Fresh                   :
  Maine ................:        1,560                 1,250                   710
                        :
  United States ........:        1,560                 1,250                   710
                        :
Processed               :
  Maine ................:       48,740                76,420                46,640
                        :
  United States ........:       48,740                76,420                46,640
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                        :        Price per pound         :      Value of production
  Utilization and State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :   2018   :   2019   :   2020   :   2018   :   2019   :   2020
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                        :  --------- dollars ---------      ------- 1,000 dollars ------
                        :
Fresh                   :
  Maine ................:  1.050      1.190      0.820       1,638      1,488        582
                        :
  United States ........:  1.050      1.190      0.820       1,638      1,488        582
                        :
Processed               :
  Maine ................:  0.455      0.480      0.600      22,177     36,682     27,984
                        :
  United States ........:  0.455      0.480      0.600      22,177     36,682     27,984
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Blueberry, Wild Harvested Not Sold Production - States and United States: 2018-2020
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                        :                       Harvested not sold
          State         :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                        :        2018         :        2019         :        2020
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                        :                          1,000 pounds
                        :
Maine ..................:         100                   230                   50
                        :
United States ..........:         100                   230                   50
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