What Drove Production Increases for Vegetable Growers in the Last Year?
For the first time since
American Vegetable Grower started asking how your production compared to the previous seasons, the No. 1 answer was “more than 10%.” In past years, the most common response has been production levels were either flat or up slightly.
Sometimes increased production leads to gluts. This year’s increase looks like a sign of health, however, since crop prices also rose.
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But increased vegetable production levels do not mean growers had no production challenges. We asked two growers who say their production was up significantly this past year about which issues they dealt with during the 2020 season.