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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Marisa Reuber
Thursday, July 8, 2010

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                   2009 NEW YORK APPLE PRODUCTION UP 9 PERCENT

End of season surveys of apple growers and processors place New York's 2009 
production at 1,380 million pounds, 9 percent above the 2008 crop of 1,270 
million pounds, according to Stephen Ropel Director of USDA's National 
Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.  Fresh market production 
of 675 million pounds, up 23 percent from 2008, comprised 50 percent of the total.  
Apples for processing amounted to 685 million pounds, down 1 percent from the 
2008 crop year.  
       
Apples processed for canning and applesauce totaled 335 million pounds, down 12 
percent from the previous year.  Production used for cider and juice totaled 
280 million pounds, up 33 percent from last year.  Other uses of apples totaled 
70 million pounds.
      
The value of utilized production, on a packinghouse door equivalent basis, totaled 
$209 million.  Price per pound averaged 15.4 cents.  The price for fresh apples 
averaged 22.5 cents per pound, while processing apples averaged $166 per ton.
      
Nationally, utilized apple production for 2009 was placed at 9.71 billion pounds, 
up 2 percent from 2008.  The value of the nation's 2009 apple crop, at $2.25 billion 
dollars, increased 1 percent from the 2008 crop value.  Price per pound averaged 
23.1 cents in 2009, a slight decrease from the previous year. The information in 
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reports at www.nass.usda.gov/ny.

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7-08-10