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 |
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| Tons Harvested |
24,550 |
15,020 |
19,029 |
10,547 |
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| Gross Farm Value (,000) |
$2,268 |
$1,384 |
$1,856 |
$ 1,107 |
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* 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.
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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)
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