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

Author:
 Siva Mailvaganam - Statistician/OMAFRA
Last Reviewed: 01 September 2009

Fresh Sales
Crop
 Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production ('000 lbs) Farm Valuea ($'000)
Asparagus
3,200
8,300
10,400
Beans, Green and Waxb
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, Greenhousec
...
269,568
130,659
Garlic
x
x
x
Leeksd
165
2,600
1,730
Lettuce, Head
x
x
x
Lettuce, Other
x
x
x
Total Lettuce
1,540
13,500
4,150
Lettuce, Greenhousec
...
..
..
Mushrooms
...
95,532
173,431
Onions, Dry
4,400
164,000
17,800
Onions, Greene
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, Greenhousec
...
89,873
127,563
Pumpkins
x
x
x
Squash and Zucchini
2,390
20,660
7,280
Pumpkins and Squashf
x
x
x
Radishes
315
4,195
1,355
Rhubarb
65
500
150
Rutabagasg
1,600
32,200
5,000
Spinach
1,160
5,370
3,100
Tomatoes, Field
1,910
42,861
10,530
Tomatoes, Greenhousec
...
280,904
204,579

 

Sales to Processors
Crop
 Area Harvested (acres) Marketed Production ('000 lbs) Farm Valuea ($'000)
Asparagus
-
-
-
Beans, Green and Waxb
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
93,386
4,567
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, Greenhousec
-
-
-
Garlic
x
x
x
Leeksd
-
-
-
Lettuce, Head
-
-
-
Lettuce, Other
-
-
-
Total Lettuce
-
-
-
Lettuce, Greenhousec
-
-
-
Mushrooms
...
13,750
9,526
Onions, Dry
1,090
21,000
3,500
Onions, Greene
-
-
-
Parsley
-
-
-
Parsnips
-
-
-
Peas, Green
x
x
x
Peppers
1,570
23,562
4,395
Peppers, Greenhousec
-
-
-
Pumpkins
x
x
x
Squash and Zucchini
235
4,230
410
Pumpkins and Squashf
x
x
x
Radishes
-
-
-
Rhubarb
-
-
-
Rutabagasg
180
6,110
700
Spinach
-
-
-
Tomatoes, Field
15,298
1,184,875
59,184
Tomatoes, Greenhousec
-
-
-


Note: Harvested area, marketed production and farm value figures in the table above were revised in August 2009, following the release of the Spring Fruit and Vegetable 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

References: Statistics Canada: Fruit and Vegetable Production; Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers

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