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Carrots by state

7 states have USDA production forecasts or finals.

All states

Carrots at a glance

Every state USDA reports, with the latest weekly rating and its most recent production numbers.

StateGood+excellentvs 5-yr avgHarvestedLatest forecast (million cwt)Last final
California————19.6 2025
Washington————7.5 2022
Other states————7.2 2025
Wisconsin————1.7 2022
Michigan————1.4 2018
Texas————0.4 2018
Minnesota—————

Dashes mean USDA does not publish that series for the state. Weekly ratings run April through November.

National record

US carrot crop: forecast vs final

The national crop's first forecast against the final estimate, by year.

US carrot crop: USDA first forecast vs final010203040million cwt2016: no forecast · final 31.7 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 31.0 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 27.0 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 29.6 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 27.3 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 28.4 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 32.1 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 28.9 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 25.5 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 26.7 million cwt2025
First forecastFinalFinal pending
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop value
202526.7 million cwt$2,015M
202425.5 million cwt$1,813M
202328.9 million cwt$1,705M
202232.1 million cwt$1,295M
202128.4 million cwt$977M
202027.3 million cwt$747M
201929.6 million cwt$784M
201827.0 million cwt$576M
201731.0 million cwt$696M
201631.7 million cwt$787M

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2025. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Updated September 29, 2026

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