Mushrooms (USDA Annual Report)

All Mushroom Value of Sales at $1.02 Billion

Volume of sales of the 2021-2022 United States mushroom crop totaled 702 million pounds, down 7 percent from last season. Value of sales for the 2021-2022 United States mushroom crop was $1.02 billion, down 4 percent from the previous season. The average reported price was $1.45 per pound, up 5 cents from the previous year.

Agaricus Mushrooms

Agaricus mushroom volume of sales totaled 680 million pounds, down 8 percent from the 2020-2021 season. Pennsylvania accounted for 66 percent of the total volume of sales and second-ranked California contributed 11 percent. The value of the Agaricus crop was estimated at $931 million dollars, down 7 percent from a year ago. Brown mushrooms, including Portabello and Crimini varieties, accounted for 203 million pounds, up 5 percent from last season. Brown mushrooms accounted for 30 percent of the total Agaricus volume sold and 36 percent of the total Agaricus value.

United States fresh market sales of Agaricus mushrooms totaled 616 million pounds, down 8 percent from the previous season, while processed sales, at 64.0 million pounds, decreased 4 percent from the previous season. Growers reported United States fresh market production made up 91 percent of total sales volume, while processed production represented the remaining 9 percent. Grower total filling intentions for the 2022-2023 crop are 112 million square feet, down 4 percent from the total fillings in the 2021-2022 season.

Agaricus mushroom growers in Chester County, Pennsylvania produced 321 million pounds, an increase of 1 percent compared with the 2020-2021 growing season. This production was valued at 329 million dollars, up 3 percent from the previous season. The growing area in Chester County was 11.7 million square feet, up 22 percent from last season. Total fillings were 56.7 million square feet, up 20 percent from the 2020-2021 growing season.

Specialty Mushrooms - Shiitake, Oyster, and all Other Exotics

Value of sales for commercially grown specialty mushrooms in 2021-2022 totaled $87.3 million, up 32 percent from the 2020-2021 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 $3.88 per pound, was up 67 cents from the previous season estimate.

Certified Organic Agaricus and Specialty Mushrooms

Growers produced 156 million pounds of mushrooms that were certified organic during the 2021-2022 growing season, 19 percent above 2020-2021. Forty-nine percent of the total, or 76.1 million pounds, were sold as certified organic mushrooms. Agaricus mushrooms accounted for 82 percent of the mushrooms sold as certified organic, while all specialty mushrooms made up the remainder.

Source:  NASS/USDA