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Larger U.S. Orange CropWASHINGTON - Oct 12/05 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange initial forecast for the 2005-06 season is 10.7 million tons, up 17% from last season's final utilization of 9.11 million tons, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. Florida's all orange forecast, at 190 million boxes (8.55 million tons), is up 27% from the 2004-05 hurricane-reduced crop. Early, midseason, and navel varieties are forecast at 93.0 million boxes (4.19 million tons), 18% above last season's final utilization. Florida's Valencia oranges are forecast at 97.0 million boxes (4.37 million tons), up 38% from last season's final utilization. California's all orange production for the 2005-06 season is forecast at 55.0 million boxes (2.06 million tons), down 10% from last season's final utilization. The California navel orange forecast is carried forward from September at 42.0 million boxes (1.58 million tons) and is down 2% from the 2004-05 season. Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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