Mac nut outlook is for 3% growth

Advertiser Staff

The value of macadamia nut production statewide for the 2004-2005 season is expected to rise 3 percent from last season's $33.2 million, according to figures released yesterday by the Hawai'i Agricultural Statistics Service.

Total and harvested acreage was forecast at 18,000 acres and 17,800 acres, respectively, unchanged from last season. The preliminary farm price for wet-in-shell macadamia nuts averaged 65 cents a pound, up 4 cents from the 2003-2004 average price.