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Updated at 12:35 p.m., Friday, May 23, 2008

Hawaii farm workforce down 1% in April from year ago

Advertiser Staff

Hawaii's farm workforce totaled 10,400 in April, down 1 percent from the same week a year earlier, according to a report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

There were 1,150 pineapple and sugarcane workers employed during the survey week, down 4 percent from the same period a year earlier.

The average wage paid to all hired workers during the week was estimated at $13.28 an hour, up 3 percent from the same period a year earlier. The combined average wage for field and livestock workers was estimated at $10.91 per hour, up 1.3 percent from a year earlier.