ARIZONA 

Arizona harvested 67,000 acres of lettuce in 2020, down 6 percent from the 71,000 acres harvested in 2019, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Of that, 33,500 acres was head lettuce, 9,800 acres were leaf lettuce, and 23,700 acres were Romaine lettuce. The state produced 20.54 million hundredweight (cwt) of lettuce in 2020, with a value of utilized lettuce production of $725.22 million in 2020, down from $1.12 billion in 2019. 

COLORADO 

Colorado harvested 3,300 acres of onions in 2020, up 22 percent from 2,700 acres harvested in 2019, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The state produced 1.45 million hundredweight (cwt) of onions in 2020, an increase of 27 percent from the 1.15 million cwt produced in 2019. The value of utilized onion production increased to $28.02 million in 2020, from $18.53 million in 2019. 

NEW MEXICO 

New Mexico harvested 8,500 acres of chile peppers in 2020, down 2 percent from 8,700 acres harvested in 2019, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The state produced 1.36 million hundredweight (cwt) of chile peppers in 2020, an increase of 8 percent from the 1.26 million cwt produced in 2019. The value of utilized chile pepper production increased to $51.89 million in 2020, from $50.01 million in 2019.

UNITED STATES 

In 2020, the Nation’s production for the 26 estimated vegetable and melon crops totaled 720 million cwt, down slightly from 2019. The utilized production totaled 715 million cwt, up slightly from 2019. Area harvested in 2020 was 2.33 million acres, down 1 percent from 2019. The top three vegetables, in terms of area harvested, were sweet corn, tomatoes, and snap beans. In terms of total production, the three largest crops were tomatoes, onions, and sweet corn, which combined accounted for 53 percent of the all vegetables total. 

The value of utilized production for 2020 vegetable crops was $13.1 billion, down 4 percent from the previous year. Tomatoes, Head lettuce, and Romaine lettuce claimed the highest values, accounting for 30 percent of the utilized value of production when combined. For the 26 selected vegetables and melons estimated in 2020, California remained the leading State in terms of area harvested, utilized production, and value of production.