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Andy823

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22. The apples being dumped

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #19)

Fri May 29, 2015, 07:35 PM

May 2015

Are not fit to eat. The crop was so large and when the dock workers went on strike, the apples that were supposed to be going to other countries were unable to be shipped. True, some of them may have been salvaged earlier, but after so long in storage they don't hold up well, and now with the new crops coming on, they needed to get rid of the worst ones. Those who had apples on the early market weren't hurt so bad, but those who put a lot of apples in storage last year so they could "hopeful" get more money this spring, lost money instead. When we have record crops, the price is down during harvest, but can go up come the next spring.

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Washington farmers are dumping unprofitable apples [View all] TexasTowelie May 2015 OP

it's the american way, profits before people TPP forever and ever amen nt msongs May 2015 #1

What a waste Art_from_Ark May 2015 #2

should have made them into pie... Javaman May 2015 #3

They could have made applesauce out of the overripe apples meow2u3 May 2015 #4

pie nt Javaman May 2015 #7

pie is always the correct choice n/t KatyMan May 2015 #8

They go to the processors Andy823 May 2015 #9

Northwest Arkansas was the nation's leading apple producer? KamaAina May 2015 #11

Here's a bit of history about apples in NW Arkansas Art_from_Ark May 2015 #25

That would be a solution and our Chinese overlords might consider setting up Cleita May 2015 #12

That could feed a lot of pigs. mainer May 2015 #5

One would think that ranchers in Washington would catch on to this KamaAina May 2015 #13

My son's pigs loved apples! mainer May 2015 #17

And applewood-smoked bacon is a thing. KamaAina May 2015 #18

Unfortunate, but that's raw capitalism. Years ago, I remember closeupready May 2015 #6

Actually, there are wild horses, deer and cattle in that area so I think maybe the apples are Cleita May 2015 #10

That's right Andy823 May 2015 #20

The market became flooded AgingAmerican May 2015 #14

Never heard about that Andy823 May 2015 #21

Apple Exports by Country, 2013-most recent available year Bluenorthwest May 2015 #23

such a waste Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #15

People starve while rich Americans leave $100 million worth in apples to rot in the fields Taitertots May 2015 #16

No kidding. a la izquierda May 2015 #19

The apples being dumped Andy823 May 2015 #22

There is some naïveté in some of the posts on this thread. Snobblevitch May 2015 #24