New York snap-bean production rose 5 percent in 2022

New York farmers produced an estimated 1.86 million cwt (hundredweight) of snap beans (also called green beans or string beans) last year, up 5 percent from the 2021 estimate, according to a recent government report.

The average yield per acre was estimated at 75 cwt in 2022, unchanged from the prior year’s average yield, per a Feb. 15 release from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field Office.

Area harvested for snap beans in the Empire State was pegged at 24,800 acres last year, up 5 percent from 2021. The value of production totaled $44.5 million in 2022, which was a 61 percent jump from the previous year’s figures.