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Impact on Northeast Fruit and Vegetable Production of Expanding International Trade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2020

Earle E. Gavett
Earle E. Gavett*
Affiliation:
Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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Extract

The Northeast has sharply reduced its acreage of vegetables and production of most fruit except apples from 1950 to 1970. Much of this decline has occurred over time as production shifted from a relatively high cost area to areas having lower costs. We have seen canning factories close down in the Northeast and move operations to the Mid West and Far West as new varieties of sweet corn, snap beans, peas, and other vegetables were developed for those areas.

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International Trade and Development
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 1 , October 1972 , pp. 55 - 67
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

1/

Leader, Farm Labor and Mechanization Group, Production Resources Branch, Farm Production Economics Division, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, for presentation at the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council Annual Meetings. Nova Scotia College of Agriculture, Truro, Nova Scotia, June 19-21, 1972. The views presented herein are those of the author and are not necessarily the views of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

References

2/ I am unaware of any production cost data for Mexican apples so reworked a California irrigated apple budget to approximate Mexican conditions.Google Scholar

3/ Stark, Paul J., Mexico Goes Modern, American Fruit Grower, January 1972 issue.Google Scholar

4/ Stark, Paul J., Mexico Could be Major Competitor for Fruit Industry in the Future. The Goodfruit Grower, October 15, 1970 issue.Google Scholar

5/ Miller, Marlen F. and Walter R. Butcher, Factors Affecting Labor Productivity in Apple Picking, Washington Agr. Exp. Bul. 752, March 1972.Google Scholar