THE U-S-D-A'S ANNUAL VEGETABLE REPORT IS OUT AND ILLINOIS IS STILL TOPS WHEN IT COMES TO PUMPKIN PRODUCTION. 

NEARLY 18-THOUSAND ACRES WERE PLANTED WITH PUMPKINS LAST YEAR IN ILLINOIS, THE MOST OF ANY STATE. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS 97 PERCENT OF PUMPKINS GROWN WERE USED FOR PROCESSING. FOR OTHER CROPS, ILLINOIS FARMERS PLANTED 65-HUNDRED ACRES OF SWEET CORN IN 2O22.

SCHLEUSENER SAYS ILLINOIS FARMERS PLANTED 11-THOUSAND-200 ACRES OF SNAP BEANS LAST YEAR, DOWN 22 PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SCHLEUSENER SAYS 65-HUNDRED ACRES OF SWEET CORN WERE PLANTED LAST YEAR, FOR A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER 17 MILLION DOLLARS. THREE-QUARTERS OF THAT CAME FROM FRESH MARKET SALES. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FROM THE REPORT...FARMERS PLANTED 11-THOUSAND-200 ACRES OF SNAP BEANS IN 2021, DOWN 22 PERCENT.