date:Aug 16, 2012
Higher production from a year ago was forecast in four of the five largest producing states, the U.S.D.A. said, with lower output expected in the second-largest producing state of Massachusetts.
Production was forecast at 4,500,000 barrels in Wisconsin, up 2% from 2011, at 542,500 barrels in New Jersey, up 6%, at 400,000 barrels in Oregon, up 11%, at 142,000 barrels in Washington, up 23%, and at 2,100,000 barrels in Massachusetts, down 9%, the U.S.D.A. said.
Growers in Wisconsin reported excelle