US lettuce production shifts regionally as seasons progress
In 2022, lettuce accounted for nearly one-fifth of the $21.8 billion that US growers received in cash receipts from sales of vegetables and melons. Romaine lettuce sales totaled $1.54 billion, iceberg lettuce sales were $1.33 billion, with leaf lettuce sales trailing at $1.25 billion.
An estimated 85 percent of the lettuce available for consumption in the United States was
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