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To: tejek who wrote (849285)	4/11/2015 3:41:13 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575120

My response to that 11% is .... See, not very much at all. How many tomatoes do you think get picked in Ohio in May or June? Plenty, Ohio is one of the major tomato producing states: Here’s the list of top tomato-growing states for fresh-market tomatoes: CaliforniaFloridaVirginiaGeorgiaOhioTennesseeNorth CarolinaNew JerseyMichigan And the top states for producing tomatoes for processing: CaliforniaIndianaOhioMichigan farmflavor.com Here's the way the market works ... take one producer away and the others will expand to fill the market need. How many oranges grow in OK? Silly question .. check Florida. How many states produce two crops of the same vegetable per year......broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, etc? I picked cabbage and was surprised to find NY, TX, GA, and FL all produce about as much as CA does: Again, I'll point out that if you remove one producer, others will respond by expanding production to take advantage of the market opportunity. How many almonds and pistachios grow in KS? Well, you got me there. But you know something ... who cares? Not exactly vital crops are they? Maybe we'd have to import them. How many kiwis grow in TX? Oh, boy, another vital crop! Who grows the majority of asparagus in this country? Actually CA produces a little less than half the nation's asparagus. Other big asparagus producers are WA and MI. I'll repeat, take CA away and they'll expand. We don't have a shortage of arable land in America. What other state produces raisins? Not too many, but take CA out and lots of them will. At one time, most wine in the US came from CA, now there are wineries in every state. If you can grow grapes in most places, then you can produce raisins. You have no idea how productive the SJV is and how dependent the country is on that production. What you don't get is that 1) the SJV became a big agricultural producer BECAUSE of the big government infrastructure products you like and 2) take the SJV away and the free market will adapt. Shortages raise prices, high prices spurs producers elsewhere to produce to meet the demand. Soon the demand will be met and prices will fall back. Works in agriculture, energy, everything.