Fresh Market Sales and Sales to Processors of Specified Commercial Vegetable Crops, Ontario, 2008


Fresh Sale
Crop
Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production ('000 lbs) Farm Value (a) ($'000)
Asparagus
3,200
8,300
10,400
Beans, Green and Wax (b)
x
x
x
Beets
x
x
x
Broccoli
x
x
x
Brussels Sprouts
x
x
x
Cabbage, Chinese
x
x
x
Cabbage, Other
x
x
x
Total Cabbage
x
x
x
Carrots, Baby
x
x
x
Carrots, Other
x
x
x
Total Carrots
5,850
153,000
13,500
Cauliflower
x
x
x
Celery
225
10,600
2,350
Corn, Sweet
12,000
80,000
19,500
Cucumbers and Gherkins
x
x
x
Cucumbers, Greenhouse (c)
...
295,568
150,658
Garlic
x
x
x
Leeks (d)
165
2,600
1,730
Lettuce, Head
x
x
x
Lettuce, Other
x
x
x
Total Lettuce
1,540
13,500
4,150
Lettuce, Greenhouse (c)
...
..
..
Mushrooms
...
98,362
178,981
Onions, Dry
4,400
164,000
17,800
Onions, Green (e)
520
5,330
3,500
Parsley
135
1,410
1,110
Parsnips
100
3,000
600
Peas, Green
x
x
x
Peppers
1,310
22,130
8,310
Peppers, Greenhouse (c)
...
116,872
149,563
Pumpkins
x
x
x
Squash and Zucchini
2,390
20,660
7,280
Pumpkins and Squash (f)
x
x
x
Radishes
315
4,195
1,355
Rhubarb
65
500
150
Rutabagas (g)
1,600
32,200
5,000
Spinach
1,160
5,370
3,100
Tomatoes, Field
1,910
42,861
10,530
Tomatoes, Greenhouse (c)
...
300,903
216,579
Sales to Processors
Crop
Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production ('000 lbs) Farm Value (a) ($'000)
Asparagus
-
-
-
Beans, Green and Wax (b)
x
x
x
Beets
x
x
x
Broccoli
-
-
-
Brussels Sprouts
x
x
x
Cabbage, Chinese
x
x
x
Cabbage, Other
x
x
x
Total Cabbage
x
x
x
Carrots, Baby
-
-
-
Carrots, Other
x
x
x
Total Carrots
2,400
109,444
5,264
Cauliflower
x
x
x
Celery
240
18,000
2,025
Corn, Sweet
14,000
180,000
8,500
Cucumbers and Gherkins
x
x
x
Cucumbers, Greenhouse (c)
-
-
-
Garlic
x
x
x
Leeks (d)
-
-
-
Lettuce, Head
-
-
-
Lettuce, Other
-
-
-
Total Lettuce
-
-
-
Lettuce, Greenhouse (c)
-
-
-
Mushrooms
...
13,750
9,526
Onions, Dry
1,090
21,000
3,500
Onions, Green (e)
-
-
-
Parsley
-
-
-
Parsnips
-
-
-
Peas, Green
x
x
x
Peppers
1,570
23,562
4,395
Peppers, Greenhouse (c)
-
-
-
Pumpkins
x
x
x
Squash and Zucchini
235
4,230
410
Pumpkins and Squash (f)
x
x
x
Radishes
-
-
-
Rhubarb
-
-
-
Rutabagas (g)
180
6,110
700
Spinach
-
-
-
Tomatoes, Field
15,298
1,184,875
59,184
Tomatoes, Greenhouse (c)
-
-
-


Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in July 2010, following the release of the Spring Fruit and Vegetable Survey and Greenhouse, Sod and Nursery Indusry Survey data.

(a) Does not include government subsidy payments
(b) Includes Romano beans
(c) Does not include commissions, packaging charges or Board fees
(d) Includes all other alliaceous vegetables
(e) Includes bunching onions and shallots
(f) Includes zucchini
(g) Includes turnips
.. Figures not available
... Figures not appropriate or applicable
- Nil or zero
x Data suppressed due to confidentiality restrictions

Reference: Fruit and Vegetable Production, Statistics Canada; Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers


Author:
Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 06 July 2011

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