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Specialty Mushroom Sales Drop
WASHINGTON - Aug 16/06 - SNS -- Value of sales for commercially grown specialty mushrooms in 2005-06 is $41 million, down 13% from the 2004-05 season, reports the USDA.
A specialty grower is defined as having at least 200 natural wood logs in production or some commercial indoor growing area. The average price per pound received by growers, at $3.01, is down 8 cents from the previous season.
Sales of Shiitake mushrooms totaled 7.76 million pounds for the 2005-06 season, down 10% from the previous season. Price per pound received by growers, at $3.24, is down 1 cent from 2004-05. Sales volume of Oyster mushrooms, at 4.56 million pounds, is down 11% from the previous season.
Price per pound received by growers, at $2.15, is down 20 cents from the previous season. Sales of exotic mushrooms, other than Shiitake or Oyster, are 1.19 million pounds, down 10% from last season. Price per pound received by growers, at $4.85, is down 5 cents from 2004-05.
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