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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Marisa Reuber
Monday, January 25, 2010

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                 NEW YORK BERRY PRODUCTION DECREASES

      Strawberry production in New York was down 2 percent from 2008 to 4.40 
million pounds, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, New York Field Office.  The value of utilized production is estimated 
at $9.02 million, up 21 percent from the $7.43 million in 2008.  New York ranks ninth in 
strawberry production.  Nationally, the strawberry crop for 2009 was placed at 2.80 
billion pounds, up 11 percent from 2008.

      Production of blueberries for the Empire State was at 2.40 million pounds, down 
4 percent from 2008.  The 2009 crop is valued at $4.56 million, an 11 percent increase 
from $4.11 million last year.  The U.S. estimate for blueberries is 364 million pounds, 
up 4 percent from 2008.

      Total raspberry production in New York was 1.50 million pounds in 2009, down 
17 percent from 2008.  The raspberry crop is valued at $4.05 million, a 3 percent 
increase from last year.

      New York’s berry crop had a combined total value of $17.6 million.  This value is 
up 14 percent from the $15.5 million in 2008.  The information in this release is 
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www.nass.usda.gov/ny.
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