How to Read the USDA Mushrooms Report — Sales, Prices, Agaricus vs Specialty, Organic and Intentions

As of 3 November 2026, 00:22 KST; most recently published report: Mushrooms from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), with area, production, sales, prices and value of Agaricus and specialty mushrooms for the 2025-2026 season, plus growers' filling intentions for July 2026-June 2027. The publication listing confirms the August 19, 2026 release; the NASS release-day page lists the same date; the sources used give no time of day, and the publication page, which lists the report as annual, showed no next date when checked at 00:22 KST. Primary source: https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/796023/mush0826.txt^[1][2][3]

Comparison basis: levels are as published in thousands of pounds, thousands of dollars and dollars per pound; the text rounds them (for example, 636,221 thousand pounds becomes 636 million). Published changes are whole percentages or cents; this page's calculated changes are rounded half up to one decimal from the table levels. The 2024-2025 values are as printed in this report, which NASS says can revise them. Because the series is annual, the previous and year-ago columns are the same comparison. The report, publication page and release-day page are all from USDA and count as one source.^[1]

In three lines

1. The annual NASS Mushrooms report covers U.S. sales volume, price and value for Agaricus (button, crimini and portabello) and specialty mushrooms, plus growing area and organic output.
2. In the 2025-2026 season, all mushroom sales were 636 million pounds (down 5%) worth $922 million (down 16%), at an average $1.45 per pound.
3. Agaricus growers' filling intentions for 2026-2027 are 94.7 million square feet, 16% below 2025-2026 fillings.^[1]

"Volume of sales of the 2025-2026 United States mushroom crop totaled 636 million pounds, down 5 percent from last season." "Value of sales for the 2025-2026 United States mushroom crop was $922 million, down 16 percent from the previous season." "The average reported price was $1.45 per pound, down 18 cents from the previous year." "Pennsylvania accounted for 74 percent of the total volume of sales." "Brown mushrooms accounted for 27 percent of the total Agaricus volume sold and 38 percent of the total Agaricus value." "Grower total filling intentions for the 2026-2027 crop are 94.7 million square feet, down 16 percent from the total fillings in the 2025-2026 season."^[1]

Specialty and organic. "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 $4.56 per pound, was down $0.85 from the previous season estimate." "Fifty four percent of the total, or 62.4 million pounds, were sold as certified organic mushrooms."^[1]

What the price means and where data come from. "Prices for mushrooms are the average prices producers receive at the point of first sale, commonly referred to as the average price as sold." "All known commercial mushroom producers are contacted utilizing mail, telephone, and personal enumeration."^[1]

State prices vs the U.S. average price. Pennsylvania's Agaricus price rose from $1.19 to $1.22 per pound (+$0.03), while Other States fell from $2.31 to $1.80 (-$0.51), and the U.S. Agaricus price fell from $1.53 to $1.37. Pennsylvania's share of Agaricus volume rose from 69.2% to 74.1% (this page's calculations). In this page's reading, a U.S. average price is weighted by volume, so it can fall when lower-priced volume makes up more of the total even where one state's own price rises; the report does not separate these effects.^[1]

Agaricus and specialty vs all mushrooms. Agaricus sales (619,761 thousand pounds, $846,518 thousand) plus specialty sales (16,460 thousand pounds, $75,015 thousand) equal the all-mushroom totals of 636,221 thousand pounds and $921,533 thousand. Specialty mushrooms are about 2.6% of volume but sell at $4.56 per pound against $1.37 for Agaricus, so small specialty changes move value more than volume.^[1]

Fresh vs processing. Fresh-market Agaricus sales fell 6.2% to 558,935 thousand pounds while processing sales rose 4.8% to 60,825 thousand pounds (this page's calculations; NASS rounds them to 6 and 5 percent). Processing prices ($0.697 per pound) are about half of fresh prices ($1.44), so the mix between the two also affects the average.^[1]

State detail vs withheld data. California was shown separately for 2023-2024 but is withheld (D) for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 and included in Other States, so Other States rows are not the same group of states across all three seasons. Specialty log counts by variety are also withheld; only totals are shown.^[1]

Organic production vs organic sales. Certified organic production was 114,720 thousand pounds, while 62,372 thousand pounds (54.4%, this page's calculation) were sold as certified organic; for Agaricus, 103,105 thousand pounds were produced as organic and 51,451 thousand sold as organic. In this report, no breakdown is provided of how the remaining organic output was sold.^[1]

Revision and error. "All mushroom estimates, except intentions, are subject to revision the following year based on a thorough review of all available data." On non-sampling errors: "These errors cannot be measured directly, but are minimized through rigid quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness." In this report, no numeric error measure is provided, so the changes above cannot be tested for significance from this report.^[1]