New York cabbage production declined 9 percent in 2022

New York farms produced an estimated 4.24 million cwt (hundredweight) of cabbage in 2022, down 9 percent from the 2021 estimate. 

That’s according to a Feb. 15 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field Office.

The average yield per acre was estimated at 400 cwt last year, down 7 percent from the 2021 average yield. Area harvested for cabbage was estimated at 10,600 acres in 2022, down 2 percent from the prior year’s total, according to NASS. The value of cabbage production in the Empire State totaled $73.7 million last year, down 3 percent from 2021.