Avondale, PA – The volume of sales for the 2021-2022 mushroom crop totaled 702 million pounds, down 7 percent from last season, according to the National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) 2022 Report released August 26, 2022. Value of sales for the 2021-2022 mushroom crop was $1.02 billion, down 4 percent from the previous season.

The average reported price was $1.45 per pound, up 5 cents from the previous year.United States fresh market sales of Agaricus mushrooms totaled 616 million pounds, down 8 percent from the previous season, while processed sales, at 64 million pounds, decreased 4 percent from the previous season.Agaricus mushroom volume of sales totaled 680 million pounds, down 8 percent from the 2020-2021 season. According to the report, brown mushrooms (Portabella and Crimini) accounted for 203 million pounds, up 5 percent from last season. Brown mushrooms accounted for 30 percent of the total Agaricus volume sold and 36 percent of the total Agaricus value.Value of sales for commercially grown specialty mushrooms in 2021-2022 totaled $87.3 million, up 32 percent from the 2020-2021 season. A specialty grower is defined as having at least 200 natural wood logs in production or some commercial indoor growing area, and $200 or more in sales. The average price received by growers, at $3.88 per pound, ...

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