Projections for this fall call for a harvest of about 85 million boxes. The 9 million pounds the Agriculture Department will buy is equal to only 214,000 boxes, Kelly said. It's been the worst year in recent memory. The situation is pretty serious. Kelly said he wasn't convinced the depressed price for a box of apples was because of a surplus or because of a dropoff in exports.
Exports actually increase when prices are down.
I'm not sure who is making money. Back to headlines Judge puts more limits on claims for downwinders By Annette Cary Herald staff writer Fewer than 100 Hanford downwinders of about 5,000 who filed legal claims may see their cases go forward, said an attorney for former Hanford contractors Wednesday. In a ruling filed in Yakima, U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald said he would consider only claims for thyroid cancer and associated conditions, leukemia, stomach cancer and colon cancer. Plaintiffs must show exposure to radioactive Hanford emissions while they were living downwind of the reservation has more than doubled their risk of contracting one of the cancers. Both those who have developed the illnesses and those who meet the risk test for the illnesses may remain in the suit.