This publication was produced between 1937 and 1988 and reported on the economics, prices, acreage, storage, and production of several different vegetables. Cash received, per capita utilization and the use of pesticides for production are presented and graphs chart changes over time.

Potato Facts was discontinued in 1997. This archive report reviews potato statistics, and covers production, stocks, prices, trade, and outlook. Analysis and data from ERS on potato statistics is now published in the Vegetables and Melons Outlook.

These archived data include statistics on numbers of growers, grower cash receipts, area under glass or other protection, acreage in the open, quantities sold and dollar value of sales, sales through wholesale and retail outlets, prices, imports, exports, wholesale supplies and retail expenditures for cut flowers, cut greens, potted flowering plants, potted foliage plants, bedding and garden plants, nursery crops, bulbs, turf grass (sod), trade, and related horticultural specialty crops from 1986 to 1998.

This archived report does not contain recent information or data and was last published in January 2001. In 2000, trade practices between fresh produce shippers and food retailers gained national attention. Trade practices include fees such as volume discounts and slotting fees, as well as services like automatic inventory replenishment, special packaging, and requirements for third-party food safety certification. Trade practices also refer to the overall structure of a transaction-for example, long-term relationships or contracts versus daily sales with no continuing commitment. This report compares trade practices in 1999 with those prevalent in 1994, placing them in the broader context of the evolving shipper/retailer relationship. Most shippers and retailers reported that the incidence and magnitude of fees and services associated with transactions has increased over the last 5 years.

Agricultural Outlook (AO) ceased publication in December 2002. A new magazine, AmberWaves, replaced Agricultural Outlook, FoodReview, and Rural America in February 2003. This archive contains AO publications covering commodity markets and trade, farm policy, and other food- and agriculture-related topics. Each release includes data on individual commodities, farm income, the general economy, agricultural trade, and related issues.

Commodity and trade outlook data and information continue to be available on the ERS website. Additional commodity- or topic-specific information may be found in ERS Briefing Rooms.

These tables include the majority of the known published data on U.S. dry peas and lentils, as well as some chickpea data, though the USDA formally groups chickpeas with dry edible beans. Information on U.S. acreage, production, monthly and weekly prices, crop value, supply. per capita use, and import and export statistics are contained in this dataset. World area, production, and import and export volumes are also included. The data tables are in downloadable in .xls format.

The dry bean datasets include area, yield, production, price, and value information by state and dry bean production by class and state, as well as various indexes.In addition, per capita disappearance, world area, production, price, and export and import volume information is also included. The data tables are in .xls format and are downloadable either separately or collectively in a .zip file.

This watermelon data set contains time series data for the the period 1950-2012 at the U.S. and State-level for such variables as watermelon acreage, yield, production, price, and value. Other series include U.S. per capita disappearance (consumption), U.S. trade--by product, country (1978-2012), market shipment volume, U.S. arrivals in major cities (through 1998), world production and trade by country, usual planting and harvesting dates, and major varieties planted.

Dataset updated June 2013.

This dataset contains annual U.S. national and state data on acreage, yield, production, supply, disappearance, per capita use, price, and value for cantaloupe. Additional statistics include annual and monthly shipments, arrivals, U.S. exports and imports by country, usual planting and harvesting dates, agricultural chemical use as well as world production, area, and trade of cantaloups and other melons. This dataset was last updated June 19, 2013.