Crop Selection

Squash

Information is for Pumpkin and Squash.

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009*
Number of Contracts 21 21 19 23 confid.
Tons Contracted 15,690 11,200 12,431 10,485  
Tons Harvested 24,550 15,020  19,029  10,547  
Gross Farm Value (,000) $2,268 $1,384  $1,856 $ 1,107  

* Due to the fact that there are fewer than three processors for this crop, this information is confidential.
 

P = Preliminary

Source: Processor Information Returns


Latest News

April 09, 2010
COMMAND Registered
After countless emergency use registrations and years of watching growers elsewhere apply COMMAND on crops that subsequently entered Canada, Ontario cucumber, squash and pumpkin growers finally have a minor use registration for COMMAND. Our thanks to Jim Chaput at OMAFRA and all the research and extension personnel who have assisted with the cause over the years. Read More
March 10, 2010
2010 Squash Settlement
Agreement has been reached on butternut squash at the rate of $118 per ton hand harvest (2009: 115.50/ton) and $108 per ton machine harvest (2009: $110.50/ton) Read More

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