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Contract Vegetable Output Drops 8%WASHINGTON - Sep 2/05 - SNS -- Contracted vegetable production for food processors is down from last year, with the four major crops -- snap beans, sweet corn, green peas, and tomatoes -- falling 8% at 14.8 million tons, according to the USDA. Production of processing tomatoes, at 10.6 million tons, is 11% below comparable States in 2004. Snap bean production, at 765,190 tons, is down 2% from last year's comparable States production. Sweet corn production, at 3.05 million tons, is up 3% from last year, and green pea production, at 394,070 tons, is 3% below 2004. Contracted acreage for harvest of the four major processing vegetable crops, at 1.08 million acres, is 1% below comparable States in 2004. Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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