Posted at 11:57 a.m., Monday, October 1, 2007
Hawai'i farm sales of fruit, harvests declined in 2006
Advertiser Staff
Farm sales of Hawai'i fruit fell 3 percent to $101.7 million in 2006, with guava, lemon, papaya, pineapple, and the tropical specialty group recording lower sales.Hawaii fruit growers harvested 435.2 million pounds of fruit for fresh and processed utilization in 2006, an 11 percent decline from the previous year, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Fruit acreage totaled 19,740 acres, which was a 2 percent decrease from 2005. Harvested area decreased 6 percent to 4,090 acres.
