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Cauliflower by state

4 states have USDA production forecasts or finals.

All states

Cauliflower 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
Other states————7.5 2025
California————6.9 2024
Arizona————1.2 2024
New York————0.0 2015

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

National record

US cauliflower crop: forecast vs final

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

US cauliflower crop: USDA first forecast vs final051015million cwt2014: no forecast · final 6.4 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 6.6 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 7.5 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 9.1 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 9.5 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 10.1 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 9.8 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 8.8 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 9.7 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 8.1 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 8.1 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 7.5 million cwt2025
First forecastFinalFinal pending
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop value
20257.5 million cwt$487M
20248.1 million cwt$560M
20238.1 million cwt$567M
20229.7 million cwt$666M
20218.8 million cwt$404M
20209.8 million cwt$495M
201910.1 million cwt$576M
20189.5 million cwt$445M
20179.1 million cwt$416M
20167.5 million cwt$416M
20156.6 million cwt$402M
20146.4 million cwt$317M

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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