Hawai'i papaya production fell 14 percent in November from the same month a year earlier, but was still 1 percent higher over the first 11 months of the year compared with the same period the previous year, according to the latest estimates from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Farmers produced an estimated 2.6 million pounds of papaya in November. Production for the first 11 months of the year totaled 28.1 million pounds.

Growers received an estimated 39 cents per pound of fresh papaya in Novemberr, 4 cents less than in October but about 1 cent more than a year earlier.

Although production was good for some growers, poor economic hampered sales, the NASS said.