Farmers Market Price Trends 2016

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by  Missouri Department of Agriculture, Division of Agriculture Business Development

FACT SHEET
Missouri Farmers Market Price Trends, 2016
A project of the University of Missouri, Missouri Department of Agriculture and USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
The Missouri Farmers Market Report publishes prices
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collected at Missouri farmers markets. In 2016, the 2% Chicken
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report included prices for 14 commodity categories. 2%
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price averages were for vegetables. Beef, pork and 2%
fruit products followed in the rank of those with the Fruit
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most regional price averages.
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This fact sheet shares annual, statewide 2016 price Honey
averages for multiple products included in the Pork \_ 3%
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average farmers market prices in your area, go to
https://mdafmr.mo.gov/.
BEEF
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filet mignon, Porterhouse and New York strip ou $20
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averaged the highest prices in 2016. Ground e/
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beef and brisket averaged the lowest prices. a
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PORK
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ou $6 For pork sold at Missouri farmers markets, the chart (left)
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g spareribs. Of these four products, average prices were
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on n ps ge bs per pound, during 2016. Average price per pound was
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TOMATO
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(right) shows those for cherry, red slicing, yellow un $3
slicing and heirloom varieties. Average prices were Po
highest for cherry tomatoes at $2.92 per pound. ge/ $2
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Heirloom variety prices averaged $2.63 per pound, er $1
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which was more than averages for red and yellow A
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slicing varieties. Yellow slicing tomatoes averaged
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a slight premium relative to red slicing varieties.
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PEPPERS
In bell peppers, the 2016 Missouri farmers market $0.80
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price reports indicated that price averages for c
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green, yellow and red bell peppers were relatively /e
similar. Prices averaged $0.65 per green bell g $0.40
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pepper, $0.64 each for yellow bell peppers and e $0.20
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$0.63 each for red bell varieties. The chart (right)
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shows that jalapeno pepper prices were roughly
Green bell Red bell Yellow Jalapeno
half as much as bell pepper prices. bell
MELONS
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Per melon, prices at Missouri farmers markets in 2016
no $4 averaged the highest value for watermelons
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M $3 compared with honey dew and cantaloupe melons.
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averaged $2.84 per melon.
Cantaloupe Honey Dew Watermelon
APPLES
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farmers market price averages per pound for four u $1.50
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varieties. In 2016, Golden Delicious and Jonathan /e $1.00
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average prices were relatively similar: $0.97 per a
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pound and $1 per pound, respectively. Gala prices v
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POTATOES
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dn $2.00 sweet potato, Yukon Gold and new red potato
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o prices during 2016 at Missouri farmers markets.
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/e The chart (left) shows that russet prices averaged
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ar $2.25 per pound. Yukon Gold followed by
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v $0.50
A averaging $2.09 per pound. New red potato and
$0.00 sweet potato averages were lower at $1.94 per
Russet Sweet Yukon Gold Red, new
pound and $1.47 per pound, respectively.
potato
ONIONS
Per pound, red onions averaged higher prices than $2.00
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white, yellow or candy variety onions at Missouri nu $1.50
farmers markets in 2016. The chart (right) shows that o
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red onion prices averaged $1.83 per pound. Of these /e $1.00
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four varieties, price per pound averaged the lowest re $0.50
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value for yellow onions at $1.15. White and candy A
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variety prices were more moderate. They averaged
Red White Yellow Candy
$1.38 per pound and $1.23 per pound, respectively.
Variety
* Note: Some price averages reported here are based on relatively few observed price points and may not be generalizable.
Missouri Farmers Market Price Trends 2 January 2017