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Vegetables and Melons
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Overview

  • The United States trails only China and India in world production of vegetables and melons.
  • During the first 8 years of this decade. U.S. farm cash receipts from the sale of vegetables and melons (including mushrooms) averaged $17.4 billion, 14 percent of U.S. crop cash receipts.
  • Annual per capita use of all vegetables and melons averaged 440 pounds (fresh-weight basis) during 2000-08, a 2-percent increase over a decade earlier.
  • Separate briefing rooms are also available for potatoes and dry beans.

ERS provides economic analyses and data on changing conditions in the U.S. vegetables and melons sector. Topics include production, consumption, international trade, prices received, and more.

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Updated date: October 13, 2009