New York apple production increased 10 percent in 2017 to 1.3 billion pounds, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service recently reported. Empire State apple farmers expect to harvest 705 million pounds of apples for fresh utilization and 575 million pounds for processing utilization. The 2017 value of utilized production of all New York apples was […]
New York apple production increased 10 percent in 2017 to 1.3 billion pounds, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service recently reported.
Empire State apple farmers expect to harvest 705 million pounds of apples for fresh utilization and 575 million pounds for processing utilization.
The 2017 value of utilized production of all New York apples was $343 million, up 6 percent from 2016, NASS reported.
U.S. utilized apple production in 2017 totaled 11.1 billion pounds, up 1 percent from 2016. Of the total utilized production, 7.71 billion pounds were for the fresh market and 3.35 billion pounds were for processing, the USDA said.
The value of the national apple crop totaled $3.55 billion, up 3 percent from the previous season, with an average annual price of 32.1 cents per pound, the USDA reported.
