The perennial questipn of tomato profits

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Fort Pierce, Fla. -- David Neill doesn't want to be the biggest tomato grower in the industry, but he does believe it is in the best interests of the marketplace if both he and his customers make a profit on tomatoes. "I like it right where I am," hesays. "If we can grow a million and a half to two million boxes, maybe a million seven, that's where I want to be. We'll be shy of that this year because we lost one of our farms to development, but that isn't all bad. "Our coolers have stayed pretty clean this year and I don't want to be anybigger than that because then you have more pressure to sell. It's not a business for the faint-hearted if you don't like risking money."