search our site     home > key topics > crops   vegetables & melons Vegetables and melons account for 16 percent ($15 billion) of all U.S. crop cash receipts but utilize just 2 percent of all harvested cropland. ERS economists analyze U.S. supply, demand, prices, and trade for vegetables and melons, including fresh-market, canned, frozen, dried and dehydrated product. related briefing rooms - offer an indepth discussion synthesizing ERS research Dry Beans Floriculture Crops Food Market Structures Organic Farming and Marketing Potatoes Tomatoes Vegetables and Melons feature Vegetables and Melons Outlook is an electronic report, issued every other month in newsletter format, featuring current intelligence and forecasts of changing conditions in the U.S. vegetable and melon sectors. Topics include production, consumption, prices, trade and more. web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov updated: February 5, 2002  Also at ERS... latest publications (all) • Vegetables and Melons Outlook • How Much Do Americans Pay for Fruits and Vegetables? • Amber Waves, June 2004 latest data products (all) • Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators • U.S. Cantaloup Statistics • U.S. Sweet Corn Statistics resources • Contact an ERS Expert • Calendar of Releases services • Receive E-mail Updates • E-mail This Page • Translate This Page

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