While onions and sweet corn are the Pacific Northwest’s top vegetables, the region grows a variety of produce.

Green peas and Washington pumpkins were winners among the region’s other vegetable crops in 2024, according to recently released USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service data.

The harvest value dropped for Oregon snap beans and squash.

Green peas

Washington and Oregon both saw increases in utilized production of green peas, harvest value, yield per acre and price per hundredweight.

While Oregon’s area harvested declined, Washington’s rose slightly.

The two states accounted for 54% of the national utilized production, with Washington the top mark and Oregon fifth.

Washington’s utilized production of 2.1 million cwt. in 2024 was up 15% over the previous year.

Its total value of utilized production of $34.6 million also was up about 15%.

Oregon’s green pea utilized production was 319,000 cwt., up 19%. Its harvest was valued at $4.91 million, an increase of 35%.

Pumpkins

Washington produces about 4% of the nation’s pumpkins.

While it ranked seventh in the U.S. in utilized production at 559,000 cwt., up 21%, its crop was third in value, surging 76% to hit $28 million.

Burr Mosby, owner of Mosby Farms in Auburn, Wash., said dry conditions in 2023 led to lower yields.

“Everybody had a rough year last year. This year, we had better growing conditions,” he added.

August rains helped deliver bigger and heavier pumpkins.

Yield per acre rose about 8.6% to 190 cwt., according to the USDA.

Area harvested increased 7% to 3,000 acres and price per cwt. jumped to $50, up 46%.

Snap beans

Oregon’s snap beans crop was worth $13.9 million, down 3% from 2023.

The state accounted for 8% of national utilized production.

Oregon ranked fourth among states for snap bean production at 875,000 cwt., but most of that is processed, so it was seventh in value.

Yield per acre increased, but area harvested and price per cwt. dropped.

Squash

Oregon squash had a total utilized value of production of $8.65 million, down 30% from 2023. The state accounted for 9% of the national utilized production. Oregon was fifth for utilized squash production at 538,000 cwt., down 6%, but eighth in value, as little of the crop is destined for the fresh market.

While area harvested remained unchanged, yield per acre dipped and price per cwt. plummeted $5.60 to $16.10.

Data withheld

Data for asparagus and carrots in Washington and pumpkins in Oregon was withheld by the USDA to avoid disclosing figures for individual operations.