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Posted at 11:02 a.m., Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Isle papaya production rose 9% in August

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i fresh papaya production in August rose 9 percent to an estimated 2.4 million pounds compared with the same month a year earlier.

Year-to-date sales for the first eight months of 2007 rose 5 percent to 17.8 million pounds, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.