Table 9--Monthly prices received by growers for fresh strawberries, 1980-93
Month 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
                                           -- Dollars per pound --
January    0.62  0.82  0.68  0.81   1.40   0.89  0.97  0.90  0.80  0.83   1.15  0.93  1.10  0.99
February   0.69  0.59  0.61  0.77   0.67   0.83  0.85  1.18  0.76  0.94   0.83  0.91  0.80  0.94
March      0.61  0.51  0.56  0.70   0.57   0.61  0.63  0.72  0.59  0.68   0.74  0.63  0.70  0.62
April      0.43  0.43  0.59  0.47   0.39   0.46  0.50  0.46  0.41  0.45   0.50  0.60  0.49  0.54
May        0.45  0.42  0.50  0.47   0.41   0.40  0.43  0.50  0.50  0.35   0.35  0.50  0.41  0.50
June       0.46  0.42  0.48  0.47   0.49   0.45  0.53  0.55  0.45  0.56   0.47  0.37  0.64  0.57
July       0.42  0.53  0.52  0.57   0.51   0.71  0.55  0.56  0.50  0.31   0.41  0.47  0.50  0.43
August     0.47  0.57  0.66  0.68   0.52   0.58  0.84  0.54  0.55  0.35   0.50  0.35  0.89  0.61
September  0.48  0.43  0.51  0.54   0.78   0.58  0.83  0.68  0.60  0.65   0.55  0.35  0.61  0.64
October    0.52  0.70  0.63  1.20   1.10   0.99  1.44  1.16  0.70  0.95   0.75  0.55  0.71  0.75
November   0.61  0.91  1.25   --     --    1.39  1.22  1.46  1.60  1.65   0.96  1.10  1.16  0.98
December   --    --    --    0.85    --    1.10  1.22  1.30  1.15  1.16   0.90  0.95  1.33  1.28

--=Insufficient marketing to establish price.
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

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