The editors at American Vegetable Grower asked growers about their crops as part of our 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry survey, and gained a lot of insight into which crops are most commonly grown, and how well those crops are performing.Read More
Through our analysis of American Vegetable Grower’s 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry, we learned a great deal about your viewpoints, how issues change from one side of country to the other, and even learned a little more about you, the grower.
Almost half of all Southwest operations are grooming its next generation of leadership — an alarmingly low statistic, but one that is the highest in the country, according to American Vegetable Grower magazine’s 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry survey.
The West not only has the largest vegetable operations, it also saw the strongest growth in production in the U.S., according to American Vegetable Grower magazine’s 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry survey.
American Vegetable Grower magazine’s 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry survey revealed quite a few qualities about the Southeast that may surprise you, including it being more likely to use H-2A than other regions.
The 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry gave us insight into each region of the U.S. Sifting through the data, we flagged those responses that were markedly higher or lower than other regions. Responses from Northeast growers made it clear that the 2016 drought had taken a toll.
We at American Vegetable Grower wondered what kind of grower emerged if we took top responses for each question and put them all together. Check out what we learned!
Only 14% of vegetable growers use the H-2A program as a source of labor, according to American Vegetable Grower’s 2017 State of the Vegetable Industry Survey. So where is the industry finding its labor?
