Vegetable Outlook and Situation

摘要

Because of reduced supplies, both fresh and processed vegetable prices this spring (1982) will average above a year ago. Through midsummer, however, larger supplies may keep potato prices below last year. Vegetable freezers indicated contract acreage increases of 10 to 18 percent for major items this year, to help offset the reduced carryover. Prices of processed vegetables have risen to reflect the reduced supplies. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) wholesale price index for canned vegetables and juices in March was over a tenth above last year, while the frozen vegetable price index was up about a fourth.