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Article: California Raisin Packers Want to Get More Fruit Released for Sale.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- March 15, 2001
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 15--Ten Valley raisin packers are pressing for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release more of the fruit for marketing despite a federal rule opposing such an action until a field price is set.
Two packers -- Boghosian Raisin Packing Co. of Fowler and Lion Raisins Inc. of Selma -- led the petitioning of the department earlier this month and were joined by eight others this week in a request that final reserve percentages be set in the absence of a price "due to unreasonable delays" in the pricing process. The first meeting of three arbitrators to decide on a ...