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vegetables and melons outlook

The every-other-month Vegetables and Melons Outlook, which is presented in a newsletter format, provides current intelligence and forecasts the effects of changing conditions in the U.S. vegetable and melon sector (including potatoes, pulses, and mushrooms). Topics include production, consumption, shipments, prices received, trade, and more. For release dates, see the 2003 and 2004 release calendars.

Subscribe to e-mail alerts of these reports and see a listing of all outlook reports. Printed copies of the newsletter (together with the yearbook) can be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by calling 1-800-999-6779 (specify SUB-VGS-4039). Users who subscribe to this every-other-month newsletter will also receive articles on timely topics via e-mail notification (ERS subscribers) or by mail (for NTIS subscribers).

Newsletters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and are best viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or 5.0.

Outlook newsletters (every other month)

2004 2003
  • December 18, "Potato Market Weak Despite Modest Crop"
  • October 23, "Processing Tomato Crop Declines"
  • August 21, "Dry Bean Crop Down 19 Percent, Fall Potato Area Down 3 Percent"
  • June 20, "Per Capita Consumption Expected To Rise in 2003"
  • April 17, "Spring Potato Crop Up 2 Percent"
  • February 25, "Spring Onion Crop May Rise Despite Reduced Plantings"
2002
  • December 16, "Fall Potato Crop Up 5 Percent"
  • October 24, "Storage Onion Crop Down, Prices Rise"
  • August 22, "Dry Bean Crop Up 39 Percent"
  • June 20, "Dry Peas and Lentils Now Program Crops"
  • April 18, "Per Capita Use Down 1 Percent in 2001"
  • February 20, "Fresh Supplies Down, Prices Up"
2001 		      

Yearbooks (annual)

Supplemental articles

Historic yearbooks and outlook reports

for more information, contact: Gary Lucier
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page updated: October 21, 2004

 
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