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Wine grape crop forecast unchanged

Aug 13, 2009 2:41 PM

Wine-type variety grape production for California is forecast at 3.30 million tons, unchanged from the July forecast and up 8 percent from the 2008 crop, according to USDA/NASS California field office. The table-type grape production is expected to total 850,000 tons, unchanged from the July forecast and down 13 percent from last year.

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