ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s utilized production of apples totaled 1.33 billion pounds in 2021, down 4 percent from 2020 as heavy rains in September probably hindered the fresh harvest, per a recent government report. That may have contributed to a lower yield and an increase in the amount of apples allocated to processing, according […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s utilized production of apples totaled 1.33 billion pounds in 2021, down 4 percent from 2020 as heavy rains in September probably hindered the fresh harvest, per a recent government report.
That may have contributed to a lower yield and an increase in the amount of apples allocated to processing, according to Donnie Fike, state statistician of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New York Field Office.
The Empire State’s apple-bearing acreage was estimated at 44,000, unchanged from the previous year. The average yield was 30,500 pounds per acre, down 1,000 pounds from the prior year, NASS reported.
Of the total apple utilized production, 753 million pounds were for the fresh market and 576 million pounds were for processing. The value of the crop totaled $345 million, up 5 percent from a season ago, with an average annual price of 25.9 cents per pound, per NASS.