date:Jul 26, 2022
riculture more than offset the 4.0% decrease in open field production during this period.
Typically, higher value fresh market cucumbers are grown in protected areas, rather than pickle cucumbers. During 201520, the share of production of cucumbers grown on protected areas (in tons) increased by 55.6%, although the harvested area only increased by 10.7%. After rising for three years, open field cucumber production overall fell, falling 17.1% between 2017 and 2020, although harvested area shrank