BOSTON — New England grape growers produced 2,075 tons of grapes in 2016, up 3 percent from the previous years. However the tonnage utilized in 2016 at 1,955 tons is down 25 tons from the previous years. The 2016 value of production was $3.5 million dollars, down from the $3.6 million in the previous year. Average price received was $1784 per ton, down from $1,831 per ton in the previous year.
Acres of grapes harvested was 950, up from 940 acres in the previous year. Yield at 2.2 tons per acre was up slightly from 2.1 tons.
Utilization includes grapes sold for fresh market and sold for processing into juice or wine. The value of production includes the sales of grapes and the value of grapes used by producers that process the grapes into value added products like juice and wine.
Grapes: Acreage, Yield, Production, and Value, 2015 – 2016 | |||||||
State | Year | Bearing Acreage | Yield per Acre 1 | Total Production | Utilized Production 2 | Utilized Price | Value of Utilized |
per Ton | Production | ||||||
Acres | Tons | Tons | Tons | Dollars | Dollars | ||
Connecticut | |||||||
2015 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | |
2016 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | |
Maine | |||||||
2015 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | |
2016 | 40 | 3.9 | 155 | 155 | 1,827 | 283,200 | |
Massachusetts | |||||||
2015 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | |
2016 | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | (D) | |
New Hampshire | |||||||
2015 | 50 | 1.7 | 87 | 85 | 2,824 | 240,000 | |
2016 | 50 | 3.5 | 175 | 170 | 2,323 | 394,900 | |
Rhode Island | |||||||
2015 | 125 | 3.7 | 464 | 460 | 1,550 | 713,000 | |
2016 | 125 | 3.0 | 380 | 365 | 1,500 | 547,500 | |
Vermont | |||||||
2015 | 160 | 2.2 | 352 | 350 | 2,200 | 770,000 | |
2016 | 160 | 2.5 | 400 | 370 | 1,829 | 676,800 | |
New England 3 | |||||||
2015 | 940 | 2.1 | 2,008 | 1,980 | 1,831 | 3,626,000 | |
2016 | 950 | 2.2 | 2,075 | 1,955 | 1,784 | 3,488,000 |
(D) Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms or insufficient number of reports to set estimate.
1 Yield based on total production, which includes unharvested production and fruit harvested but not sold due to market conditions.
2 Utilized production includes fruit sold and amount used on the operation or given away.
3 New England includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT.
–USDA NASS
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