By the Numbers: Melon Growers in 2019

Take a look at what statistics gathered by USDA and American Vegetable Grower say about the American melon industry.

Suppliers, Extension agents, consultants, and other allies are just as invested in the vegetable industry as producers. So […]

The editors at American Vegetable Grower wanted to explore why some growers haven’t adopted precision growing methods. So in […]

The top two reasons for growing under cover? To extend the growing season (71.5%) and to grow transplants for the operation (66.2%).

The number of you using biologicals is about the same year-over-year, holding steady at about 50%. But those of you using biologicals sharply increased doing so.

According to the latest State of the Vegetable Industry survey, the number of farms devoting more than half of its operation to organic product is growing.

Not long ago, conventional wisdom said only row crop operations would adopt precision agriculture tools. However, the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry shows the time of precision agriculture in vegetable production has arrived. 

The No. 1 pest for all three Western regions is aphids. The top two pests in the East are powdery mildew and downy mildew.

The number of growers reporting strong production increases took a sharp dive this year, by almost 17 percentage points.

For the past two years, the number of farms reporting extreme events were markedly similar — 41.2% had none in our 2017 survey, with 41% reporting the same in 2018. This year? Only 16.4% of you did not have an extreme event.

We all know labor is the biggest problem most growers deal with. But why is it so tough? You told us in the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry survey.

We asked you a seemingly easy question: How do your prices compare to 10 years ago? An alarming 44.6% of you have seen either no price increase or, worse, lowered prices.

Your vegetable operation size has a big impact on who you hire, our 2019 State of the Vegetable […]

The number of vegetable operations using the guestworker program H-2A increased 35% in a single year.

Who an operation sells to impacts them. Take a look at the various ways growers are shaped by their customers.

The team at American Vegetable Grower was curious. Would we see any differences in the crops you grow if we take into account who you grow for? 

Not surprisingly, weather ranks as one of the top three issues in 2019.

American Vegetable Grower® needs your help to assess how the vegetable industry is doing this year. Each year, we […]