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Spinach by state

7 states have USDA production forecasts or finals.

All states

Spinach 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————6.6 2023
Other states————5.4 2025
Arizona————1.8 2023
Texas————0.3 2022
New Jersey————0.1 2022
Colorado—————
Maryland—————

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

National record

US spinach crop: forecast vs final

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

US spinach crop: USDA first forecast vs final051015million cwt2016: no forecast · final 8.6 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 8.1 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 9.0 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 10.6 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 8.2 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 8.0 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 9.5 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 8.9 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 6.2 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 5.4 million cwt2025
First forecastFinalFinal pending
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop value
20255.4 million cwt$435M
20246.2 million cwt$545M
20238.9 million cwt$696M
20229.5 million cwt$633M
20218.0 million cwt$567M
20208.2 million cwt$630M
201910.6 million cwt$685M
20189.0 million cwt$468M
20178.1 million cwt$471M
20168.6 million cwt$378M

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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