A24-Lancaster Firming, Saturday. July 3, 1993
State’s Vegetable Production Up 88 Percent
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Pennsylvania’s production of
fresh market and processing vege
tables for 1992 was 190,720 tons,
up 88 percent from 1991 ’s pro
duction of 101,370. This includes
sweet com, tomatoes, and straw
berries for fresh market and snap
beans, sweet com, and tomatoes.
Fresh market production in
1992 was 122,900 tons, up from
1991’s production of 50,150 tons.
Processing production was 67,820
tons, up 32 percent from 1991’s
51,220 tons.
Sweet com production increas
ed 68 percent for fresh market,
from 659,000 cwt to 1,106,000
cwL Production of sweet com for
processing increased 32 percent,
from 11,560 tons to 15,210 tons.
Fresh tomato production expand
ed from 344,000 cwt to 714,000
cwL Processing tomato produc
tion protracted 24 percent, from
27,600 tons to 34,200 tons. Straw
berry production decreased from
61,000 cwL to 59,000 cwt., or 5
percent. Processing snap bean
production improved from 9,420
tons to 15,120 tons, or 61 percent
Vegetable yields increased for
every commodity listed between
1991 and 1992. Sweet com yields
for 1992 were 57 cwt. per acre for
fresh market and 8.45 tons per
acre for processing. In 1991 sweet
com yields were 42 cwt. per acre
for fresh market and 4.28 tons per
acre for processing. Fresh market
tomato yields for 1992 were 170
cwt per acre for fresh market and
28.50 tons per acre for processing.
Fresh and processing tomato
yields in 1991 were 80 cwt. and
13.80 tons per acre respectively.
Strawberry yields went from 38
cwt per acre in 1991 to 39 cwt
per acre in 1992. Processing snap
bean yields increased from 1.52
tons per acre in 1991 to 2.52 tons
per acre in 1992.
Total harvested acreage for
fresh and processing vegetables
was up from 33,000 acres in 1991
to 37,200 acres in 1992. Total
fresh market harvested acreage in
creased from 20,000 to 26,800
while total processing harvested
acreage decreased from 13,300 to
10,400. Harvested acres decreased
for processing tomatoes (2,000 to
1.200) strawberries (1,600 to
1,500), fresh tomatoes (4,300 to
4.200) processing snap beans
(6,200 to 6,000), processing sweet
com (2,700 to 1,800), but increas
ed for fresh sweet com (15,700 to
19,400).
The combined value of both
fresh and processing vegetables
expanded from $27,726,000 to
$51,162,000 from 1991 to 1992.
The fresh market sector totaled
$43,533,000 in 1992, compared to
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ADAMSTOWN
EQUIP, INC.
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EQUPMENT CO.
MiMwilto
MLLER
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C.H. WNEHttCR - BROTHERS, INC.
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GEORGE N. Loywlto
L GROSS, INC. GUTSHAITS, INC.
$21,900,000 in 1991. Processing
vegetables totaled $7,629,000 in
1992, while in 1991 the total was
$5,826,000. Value of production
increased for fresh sweet com
($14,366,000 to $20,752,000),
fresh tomatoes ($7,534,000 to
X-POLD PDLVBMIEES
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meet tho naedi ol today's largor acreage
larmsrt.... and Brlllon offers them In two
models and It sizes from IE through 46'
Now available with 20* Ductile Rollers.
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The Brlllon 2 6 3-Bar Mounted Chisel
Plow Is available with fx2'x2r or
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r-18'. Optlont Include gauge wheel Ms
lor both 2T 8 32" shanks. Abo avalabte
are 2.4' and S' eatenslon Ms.
3-PT. BASKET HARROW
Brlllon hat designed a 3 pl. S-Tine Held
cultivator with a larger, aggressively
angled 12* diameter rollng basket, a
4-bar (rams that allows lor either 4* or 6*
tooth spacing and an adjustable leveler
bar In 12. IS' and 18' sizes. Gauge
wheels are optional.
CONTACT TOUR BRILLION DEALER FOR DETAILS
Quanyvll*
QRUMELU FARM
SERVICE
Eaatan
GEORGE V.
SEIPLE
Elizabethtown
MEBSICK FARM
EQUIPMENT CO.
Intonourtt
C.B. HOOBER
t SON
$15,065,000), strawberries
($6,405,000 to $6,490,000), pro
cessing sweet com ($652,000 to
$751,000), processing snap beans
($2,049,000 to $15,120,000). and
processing tomatoes ($2,570,000
to $2,750,000).
Lynnport
KERMITK.
KISTLER, INC.
Mutoawny
N.H FUCKER I
SONS, INC.
Naadmora
aUGSTON
FARM EQUIPMENT
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A.B.C. GROFF. INC.
Oakland MMa
PEOPLES
SALES » SERVICE
Olay
PIKHVILIE
EQUIPMENT. INC.
540 OR 1000 RPM
FLAIL SHREDDERS HaavlaM gearbox
on ttia market elimlnatee tht number on*
cauu <y downtime. Available In 12' and
15*. Either cup or (Ida tllcar knives.
DEEP mu
The three shank model, shown above,
has a Category II hitch. With a cutting
width d 7 r, It Is Ideal tor operators with
smaller acreagea and horsepower. It Is
extremely maneuverable, yet provides
the same basic deep tilling job as Its trig
brothers.' 3 to 7 shank.
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DEERFIELD AG I
TURF CENTER, INC.
Wert Grave
S.G. LEWS A
SON, INC.
Tuiaqua
CHARLES
SNYDER, INC.
MARYLAND
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