Baseline projections

Showing what the USDA thinks of the future of U.S. fruit and vegetable production and trade, baseline projections were released by the USDA's Economic Research Service.
The USDA today published baseline projections for horticultural crops for the next 10 years. Here is one spreadsheet that details most of the projections of acreage and production. It seems the USDA sees total acreage of horticultural crops fairly stable in the years ahead, though yield increases will boost volume.

Here is a 10-year projection of horticultural trade. The import share of horticultural consumption is projected to rise from 44% to 52% from 2005 to 2016.