Hawaii Taro Forecast Improves
WASHINGTON - May 10/13 - SNS -- Hawaii taro production for the 2012 crop year is estimated at 3.50 million pounds, down 15% from the previous year but up 3% from the previous forecast, according to the latest crop estimates released by the USDA.
Area in crop, at 400 acres, is down 18% from 2011. Drought conditions late in 2012 negatively impacted the taro crop. Growers reported that apple snails, feral pigs, leaf blight, and pocket rot continued to be problems.
Taro Area in Crop and Production - Hawaii: 2011 and 2012
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: Area in crop : Production
State :-------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2012
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: ---- acres ---- 1,000 pounds
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Hawaii .......: 485 400 4,100 3,500
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