Wisconsin holds on to title as nation’s top producer of green beans

It’s official. Wisconsin held on to its title as the nation’s top producer of snap beans, also known as green beans and string beans. According to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Vegetables 2023 Summary, state farmers produced 48% of the nation’s supply, harvesting 51,900 acres of the nutritious veggie in 2023 for a total production of 6.75 million cwt..

Despite a dry start to the growing season in 2023, farmers and canneries harvested 55,000 acres of sweet corn with a total production of 10.7 million cwt. Fresh market production accounted for 643,500 cwt with a total value of $25.9 million. Production of sweet corn for processing totaled 502,466 tons and was valued at $58.3 million.

Wisconsin ranked third for sweet corn production with 17 percent of the nation’s production. U.S. sweet corn production totaled 62.4 million cwt. 

Green pea production totaled 1.39 million cwt from 28,500 harvested acres and was valued at $26.6 million. Fresh market production totaled 1,400 cwt for a total value of $274,000. The 69,470 tons of processing green pea production had a value of $26.3 million. Green pea production in the U.S. totaled 5.23 million cwt. 

Cabbage production in 2023 totaled 2.40 million cwt with a total value of production of $32.3 million. There were 6,900 acres of cucumbers harvested in 2023 with a total value of production of $23.6 million. Wisconsin farmers harvested 2,900 acres of pumpkinsin 2023 with a total value of production of $9.0 million.

Wisconsin enjoys No. 1 rankings in the following commodities

• Cheese, total produced
• American Cheese
• Cheddar Cheese
• Italian Cheese
• Corn Silage
• Cranberries
• Dry whey
• Milking goats
• Mink Pelts
• Snap Beans