U.S. Celery Production Statistics (1993 - 1997) - HORT410 - Vegetable Crops - Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

California, Michigan, Texas and Ohio produced most of the U.S. celery crop for fresh market and processing in 1997, with California having 91% of the total U.S. production. A total of 26,930 acres of celery were harvested in the U.S. in 1997, yielding a total of 18,062,000 cwt (average yield = 671 cwt/acre), with a total value of $273,445,000. In 1997, production of celery was down about 3% from 1996.

The following data shows production (cwt), harvested acres, yield (cwt/acre) and total value ($) of the fresh market + procesing celery crop for the major celery producing states for the period 1993 to 1997.

U.S. Celery Harvested Acres (1993 - 1997)

U.S. Celery Yield (1993 - 1997)

U.S. Celery Value (1993 - 1997)

(the above statistics are derived from the USDA Economic and Statistics System)


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