ISSUE 1124 CITRUS
FORECAST LOW - LABOR SHORTAGE BLAMED National
Agricultural Statistics Service's Florida office last week (July 10) forecast
the orange crop at 151 million 90-pound boxes, which, although up from 149.8 million
in 2004-05, was lowered by 2 million boxes from the previous forecast because
of labor shortages.
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