AgBite - Pumpkin PDF

AgBite A series of commodity insights Did you know? There are over 100...

AgBite A series of commodity insights Did you know? There are over 100 varieties of pumpkins! Overview Production Pumpkins range in size from less than one 66,200 acres of pound to more than 1,000 pounds Approximately pumpkins were The U.S. annual per capita use of pumpkin 15 percent of the harvested in the U.S. in 2020, producing was 6.44 pounds per person in 2020 pumpkin acreage more than 1.5 billion The value of the utilized production of is used to make pounds of usable pumpkins in 2020 is estimated at $180.3 processed pumpkins with more million with the average U.S.farm price for pumpkin than 2 billion pumpkins approximately 8 cents per products. produced overall. pound. Pumpkin Pumpkin In 2020, the average pumpkin yield per acre Cucurbita Moschata among the top six states was 23,300 pounds and ranged considerably from 5,040 to 39,760 pounds. Nutritional Information 1 cup raw (116 g) Parts of a Pumpkin Calories 30 Vitamin A 55% Total Fat 0.1 g Calcium 2% Sodium 1.2 mg Vitamin C 12% Potassium 394 mg Iron 5% Total Carbohydrate 7.5 g Vitamin B-6 4% Dietary Fiber 0.6 g Magnesium 3% Sugar 3.2 g Protein 1.2 g Sources: Nutritionvalue.org, agmrc.org, abcteach.com www.FarmCreditofVirginias.com/Knowledge-Center