Mushrooms Publication

Mushrooms
ISSN: 1949-1530

Released August 31, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).

All Mushroom Value of Sales at $1.15 Billion
Volume of sales of the 2019-2020 United States mushroom crop totaled 816 million pounds, down 2 percent from last
season. Value of sales for the 2019-2020 United States mushroom crop was $1.15 billion, up 3 percent from the previous
season. The average reported price was $1.41 per pound, up 7 cent from the previous year.
Agaricus and Specialty Mushroom Sales, Price, and Value – United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
All sales
Year

Volume of
sales

Price per
pound 1

(1,000 pounds)
2018-2019 2 ...............................
2019-2020 2 ...............................
1

Value of
sales

(dollars)
831,724
816,367

(1,000 dollars)
1.34
1.41

1,114,710
1,153,296

Prices for mushrooms are the average prices producers receive at the point of first sale, commonly referred to as the average price as sold. For
example, if in a given State, part of the fresh mushrooms are sold F.O.B. packed by growers, part are sold bulk to brokers or repackers, and some
are sold retail at roadside stands, the mushroom average price as sold is a weighted average of the average price for each method of sale.
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Includes California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Contents
Agaricus Mushroom Area in Production and Yield – States and United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 ......................... 4
Agaricus Mushroom Sales, Dollar Volume per Square Foot of Growing Area, Price, and Value – States and
United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 ............................................................................................................................... 4
Agaricus Mushroom Fresh Market Sales, Price, and Value – States and United States: 2018-2019
and 2019-2020 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Agaricus Mushroom Processing Sales, Price, and Value – States and United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 ................ 5
Brown Mushrooms (Portabello and Crimini) Sales, Price, and Value – United States: 2018-2019
and 2019-2020 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Agaricus Mushroom Growing Area Intended for Production by Utilization – States and United States:
July 2020-June 2021 ............................................................................................................................................................... 6
Specialty Mushroom Area in Production by Variety – United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 ........................................ 7
Specialty Mushroom Total Production, Volume of Sales, Price, and Value of Sales by Variety – United States:
2018-2019 and 2019-2020 ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Mushroom Comments ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Statistical Methodology .......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Information Contacts .............................................................................................................................................................. 9

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Agaricus Mushroom Area in Production and Yield – States and United States: 2018-2019
and 2019-2020
Area in production
Growing
area

State

Yield per
square foot

Total
filings

2018-2019

2019-2020

2018-2019

2019-2020

California ........................................
Pennsylvania ..................................

(1,000 square
feet)
2,306
15,293

(1,000 square
feet)
2,616
14,830

(1,000 square
feet)
14,858
76,673

(1,000 square
feet)
25,617
76,581

Other States 1 .................................

4,432

4,440

27,654

United States ..................................

22,031

21,886

119,185

1

2018-2019

2019-2020

(pounds)

(pounds)

6.27
7.23

4.39
6.87

32,886

5.97

4.79

135,084

6.82

5.90

Other States include Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

Agaricus Mushroom Sales, Dollar Volume per Square Foot of Growing Area, Price, and Value – States
and United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
Volume
of
sales

State

Dollar volume
per
square foot

Price
per
pound 1

Value
of
sales

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

(1,000
pounds)

(1,000
pounds)

(dollar)

(dollar)

(dollar)

(dollar)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

California .................................
Pennsylvania ...........................

93,153
554,093

112,457
526,336

13.16
7.23

9.67
7.16

2.10
1.00

2.20
1.04

195,462
554,258

247,760
548,077

Other States 2 ..........................

165,223

157,569

10.80

8.82

1.81

1.84

298,739

290,013

United States ...........................

812,469

796,362

8.80

8.04

1.29

1.36

1,048,459

1,085,850

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Prices for mushrooms are the average prices producers receive at the point of first sale, commonly referred to as the average price as sold. For
example, if in a given State, part of the fresh mushrooms are sold F.O.B. packed by growers, part are sold bulk to brokers or repackers, and some
are sold retail at roadside stands, the mushroom average price as sold is a weighted average of the average price for each method of sale.
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Other States include Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Agaricus Mushroom Fresh Market Sales, Price, and Value – States and United States: 2018-2019
and 2019-2020
Volume
of
sales

State

Price
per
pound 1

Value
of
sales

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(dollars)

(dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

Pennsylvania ................................

497,743

477,025

1.04

1.08

517,072

514,973

Other States 2 ...............................

250,378

263,769

1.95

2.01

486,990

530,884

United States ................................

748,121

740,794

1.34

1.41

1,004,062

1,045,857

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Prices for mushrooms are the average prices producers receive at the point of first sale, commonly referred to as the average price as sold. For
example, if in a given State, part of the fresh mushrooms are sold F.O.B. packed by growers, part are sold bulk to brokers or repackers, and some
are sold retail at roadside stands, the mushroom average price as sold is a weighted average of the average price for each method of sale.
2
Other States includes California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

Agaricus Mushroom Processing Sales, Price, and Value – States and United States: 2018-2019
and 2019-2020
Volume
of
sales

State

Price
per
pound 1

Value
of
sales

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(dollars)

(dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

56,350

49,311

0.660

0.671

37,186

33,104

...............................

7,998

6,257

0.902

1.100

7,211

6,889

United States ................................

64,348

55,568

0.690

0.720

44,397

39,993

Pennsylvania ................................
Other States

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1

Prices for mushrooms are the average prices producers receive at the point of first sale, commonly referred to as the average price as sold. For
example, if in a given State, part of the fresh mushrooms are sold F.O.B. packed by growers, part are sold bulk to brokers or repackers, and some
are sold retail at roadside stands, the mushroom average price as sold is a weighted average of the average price for each method of sale.
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Other States includes California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Brown Mushrooms (Portabello and Crimini) Sales, Price, and Value – United States: 2018-2019
and 2019-2020
[Brown mushrooms are part of Agaricus mushrooms]
State

United States 2 ................................

Price per pound 1

Volume of sales

Value

2018-2019

2019-2020

2018-2019

2019-2020

2018-2019

2019-2020

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 pounds)

(dollars)

(dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

183,774

188,703

1.55

1.57

285,533

296,139

1

Prices for mushrooms are the average prices producers receive at the point of first sale, commonly referred to as the average price as sold. For
example, if in a given State, part of the fresh mushrooms are sold F.O.B. packed by growers, part are sold bulk to brokers or repackers, and some
are sold retail at roadside stands, the mushroom average price as sold is a weighted average of the average price for each method of sale.
2
Includes California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.

Agaricus Mushroom Growing Area Intended for Production by Utilization – States and United States:
July 2020-June 2021
Intentions July 2020 - June 2021
State

Pennsylvania ................................

Fresh
market

Processed
market

Total
fillings

Percent of
last year

(1,000 square feet)

(1,000 square feet)

(1,000 square feet)

(percent)

(D)

(D)

76,130

99

...............................

130,998

3,222

50,090

99

United States ................................

130,998

3,222

134,220

99

Other States

1

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
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Other States include data withheld above and California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Specialty Mushroom Area in Production by Variety – United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
[Specialty mushroom estimates represent growers who have at least 200 natural wood logs in production or some commercial indoor growing area,
and $200 in sales]
Area in production
Natural
wood outdoor
logs

Variety

Natural wood
undercover and
indoor logs

All other
production
media

2018-2019

2019-2020

2018-2019

2019-2020

2018-2019

2019-2020

(1,000 logs)

(1,000 logs)

(1,000 logs)

(1,000 logs)

(1,000 square
feet)

(1,000 square
feet)

Shiitake 1 .........................................
Oyster ..............................................

42
(X)

14
(X)

2,382
(X)

2,401
(X)

389
515

677
808

Other ...............................................

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

296

390

Total 2 ..............................................

42

14

2,382

2,401

1,200

1,876

(X) Not applicable.
1
Includes small quantity of logs producing Oyster and Other mushrooms. These logs are not published separately to avoid disclosure of individual
operations.
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Includes California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.

Specialty Mushroom Total Production, Volume of Sales, Price, and Value of Sales by Variety –
United States: 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
[Specialty mushroom estimates represent growers who have at least 200 natural wood logs in production or some commercial indoor growing area,
and $200 in sales]

Variety

All sales

Total
production 1
20182019

Volume of
sales 2

20192020

20182019

Price per
pound 3

20192020

Shiitake ...................................
Oyster ......................................

(1,000
pounds)
6,987
8,941

(1,000
pounds)
7,298
8,642

(1,000
pounds)
6,726
8,623

(1,000
pounds)
7,013
8,517

Other .......................................

3,970

4,652

3,906

Total 4 ......................................

19,898

20,592

19,255

Value of
sales

20182019

20192020

20182019

20192020

(dollar)

(dollar)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

3.20
3.10

3.44
2.70

21,515
26,695

24,091
23,032

4,475

4.62

4.54

18,041

20,323

20,005

3.44

3.37

66,251

67,446

1

Total production includes all fresh market and processing sales plus amount harvested but not sold (shrinkage, cullage, dumped, etc.).
Virtually all specialty mushroom sales are for fresh market.
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Prices for mushrooms are the average prices producers receive at the point of first sale, commonly referred to as the average price as sold. For
example, if in a given State, part of the fresh mushrooms are sold F.O.B. packed by growers, part are sold bulk to brokers or repackers, and some
are sold retail at roadside stands, the mushroom average price as sold is a weighted average of the average price for each method of sale.
4
Includes California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
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Agaricus Mushrooms
Agaricus mushroom volume of sales totaled 796 million pounds, down 2 percent from the 2018-2019 season.
Pennsylvania accounted for 66 percent of the total volume of sales and second-ranked California contributed 14 percent.
The value of the Agaricus crop was estimated at $1.09 billion dollars, up 4 percent from a year ago. Brown mushrooms,
including Portabello and Crimini varieties, accounted for 189 million pounds, up 3 percent from last season. Brown
mushrooms accounted for 24 percent of the total Agaricus volume sold and 27 percent of the total Agaricus value.
United States fresh market sales of Agaricus mushrooms totaled 741 million pounds, down 1 percent from the previous
season, while processed sales, at 55.6 million pounds, decreased 14 percent from the previous season. Growers reported
United States fresh market production made up 93 percent of total sales volume, while processed production represented
the remaining 7 percent. Grower total filling intentions for the 2020-2021 crop are 134 million square feet, down 1 percent
from the total fillings in the 2019-2020 season.
Agaricus mushroom growers in Chester County, Pennsylvania produced 380 million pounds, a decrease of 4 percent
compared with the 2018-2019 growing season. This production was valued at 398 million dollars, unchanged from the
previous season. The growing area in Chester County was 11.2 million square feet, down 21 percent from last season.
Total fillings were 56.3 million square feet, down slightly from the 2018-2019 growing season.
Specialty Mushrooms - Shiitake, Oyster, and all Other Exotics
Value of sales for commercially grown specialty mushrooms in 2019-2020 totaled $67.4 million, up 2 percent from the
2018-2019 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 $3.37 per pound,
was down 7 cents from the revised previous season estimate.
Certified Organic Agaricus and Specialty Mushrooms
Growers produced 127 million pounds of mushrooms that were certified organic during the 2019-2020 growing season,
22 percent above 2018-2019. Sixty-two percent of the total, or 79.4 million pounds, were sold as certified organic
mushrooms. Agaricus mushrooms accounted for 88 percent of the mushrooms sold as certified organic, while all specialty
mushrooms made up the remainder.

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Statistical Methodology

Survey procedures: Grower surveys are conducted in preparation for this report. All known commercial mushroom
producers are contacted utilizing mail, telephone, and personal enumeration. Unless other specific arrangements are made,
data collection for multi-State operations is conducted by the State in which the firm's headquarters is located. Information
is collected for Agaricus (including White Button, Crimini, and Portabello) and specialty mushrooms.
Estimating procedures: Information obtained from the mushroom grower surveys is used to establish estimates of area
in production, yield per square foot, utilization, volume of sales, average price per pound, and value of sales. Estimates are
also prepared for the total amount of mushrooms grown as certified organic and quantity sold from mushrooms certified
as organically produced.
Revision policy: All mushroom estimates, except intentions, are subject to revision the following year based on a
thorough review of all available data.
Reliability: The mushrooms grower surveys are subject to non-sampling errors, such as omissions, duplication, and
mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors cannot be measured directly, but are minimized
through rigid quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and
reasonableness.

Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact
for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch ....................................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Fleming Gibson, Head, Fruits, Vegetables and Special Crops Section ................................................ (202) 720-2127
Anastasiya Osborne – Almonds, Apples, Apricots, Asparagus, Carrots, Coffee, Onions,
Plums, Prunes, Sweet Corn, Tobacco ........................................................................................ (202) 720-4288
Fleming Gibson – Cauliflower, Celery, Grapefruit, Lemons, Macadamia,
Mandarins and tangerines, Mushrooms, Olives, Oranges ......................................................... (202) 720-5412
Heidi Lanouette – Cranberries, Cucumbers, Pistachios, Potatoes, Pumpkins,
Raspberries, Squash, Strawberries, Sugarbeets, Sugarcane, Sweet Potatoes,
Tame Blueberries, Wild Blueberries ......................................................................................... (202) 720-4285
Fleming Gibson – Artichokes, Cantaloupes, Dry Edible Peas, Green Peas, Lentils,
Nectarines, Papayas, Peaches, Snap Beans, Spinach, Walnuts, Watermelons ......................... (202) 720-5412
Krishna Rizal – Dry Beans, Garlic, Hazelnuts, Honeydews, Kiwifruit, Lettuce,
Maple Syrup, Mint, Pears, Sweet Cherries, Tart Cherries, Tomatoes ....................................... (202) 720-2157
Dawn Smoker – Avocados, Bell Peppers, Broccoli, Cabbage, Chickpeas,
Chile Peppers, Dates, Floriculture, Grapes, Hops, Pecans ........................................................ (202) 720-4215

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