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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Marisa Reuber
Thursday, July 09, 2009

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               2008 NEW YORK APPLE PRODUCTION DOWN 5 PERCENT

End of season surveys of apple growers and processors place New York's 2008
production at 1,250 million pounds, 5 percent below the 2007 crop of 1,310
million pounds, according to Stephen Ropel Director of USDA's National
Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.  Fresh market
production of 530 million pounds, down 23 percent from 2007, comprised 42
percent of the total.  Apples for processing amounted to 690 million
pounds, up 13 percent from the 2007 crop year.

Apples processed for canning and applesauce totaled 390 million pounds, up
18 percent from the previous year.  Production used for cider and juice
totaled 220 million pounds, up 5 percent from last year.  Other uses of
apples totaled 80 million pounds.

The value of utilized production, on a packinghouse door equivalent basis,
totaled $255 million.  Price per pound averaged 20.9 cents.  The price for
fresh apples averaged 31.2 cents per pound, while processing apples
averaged $260 per ton, a record high.

Nationally, utilized apple production for 2008 was placed at 9.68 billion
pounds, up 7 percent from 2007.  The value of the nation's 2008 apple crop,
at $2.19 billion dollars, decreased 16 percent from the 2007 crop value.
Price per pound averaged 22.6 cents in 2008, down 22 percent from the
previous year. The information in this release is available by free email
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7-09-09