Overview
The United States trails only China and India in world production of vegetables and melons. During the first 7 years of this decade, U.S. farm cash receipts from the sale of vegetables and melons (including mushrooms) averaged $17.5 billion, 16 percent of U.S. crop cash receipts. Annual per capita use of all vegetables and melons averaged 443 pounds (fresh-weight basis) during 2000-07, a 3-percent increase over a decade earlier. Separate briefing rooms are also available for
potatoes and dry beans.
Features
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.
Canned Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in the United States: A Report to the United States Congress (February 2009) examines consumer perceptions and consumption of canned fruits and vegetables. If current trends prevail, total fruit and vegetable availability will continue to increase, but canned fruits and vegetables will account for a declining share of that total.
 2008 Farm Bill Side-By-Side (August 2008) presents a title-by-title summary of key provisions of the 2008 Act in a side-by-side comparison with previous legislation. The side-by-side includes links to related ERS publications and to analyses of previous farm acts. New features include a user's guide, an A-Z list of major provisions, and a search function.
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