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Orange crop forecast status quo

Bradenton Herald – April 9, 2011

LAKELAND — The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its April orange crop forecast for the 2010-2011 season Friday showing no change to the 142 million box crop prediction.

“Today’s crop forecast is a reflection of the industry’s year-to-date harvest, as well as what we anticipate seeing through the rest of the season,” said Mutual Chief Executive Officer Michael W. Sparks. “What’s not reflected in this forecast is any fruit loss that may have occurred during the end-of-March storms that ripped through much of the citrus growing region.”

The USDA makes its initial forecast in October and then revises it monthly until the end of the season in July.

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