U.S. almond crop probably will rise
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The government predicts the U.S. almond crop probably will increase 17% to 1.31 billion pounds this year, easing concerns that mysterious losses of bees have hurt tree pollination.
California grows all of the U.S. commercial almond crop, and 80% of the world’s supply, said Marsha Venable, a spokeswoman for the Almond Board of California, a Modesto-based group of almond growers and processors.
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