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This is the way Virginia /arm prices looked to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Friday. The department offers it to farmers with the warning that no one can predict prices and be right all the time.
Applet
Virginia's apples are of excellent quality this year.
Prices for tray packed apples are expected to remain firm. Prices for bagged apples are expected to remain stable through the end of October.
Demand for processing apples has been active because of smaller stocks. Regionally. demand is stronger for processing apples than in 1980. Virginia’s '81 production of apples is estimated at 420 million pounds—unchanged from last year's production figures, but 11 percent below 1979. U.S. apple production is estimated at 8.1 billion
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