THE BEAT GOES ONGROWERS ARE OPTIMISTIC

摘要

AS A WHOLE, THE NATION'S STONE FRUIT growers are really looking forward to 2017. The results from our State of the Industry survey regarding their production plans for the coming year show growers are brimming with confidence. Fully 43 plan to increase production in 2017, while 49 plan to stay the same. Those results are very similar to 2016 — back-to-back years of positive vibes.Only 8 of growers have plans to decrease production. That comes as a bit of a surprise following a year when growers in New England got no love at all after a warm February took a dark turn on Valentine's Day.