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only to crash 96% by March 2008 on overproduction

That number cannot possibly be right. To use made up numbers, if onions went for 50¢/pound, and shot up to $2/pound (400% increase), and then fell 96%, that would mean 8¢/pound. The farmers wouldn't even bother shipping at that price point. I find that many of these reporters don't known how percentages work.
6 posted on 06/30/2008 5:15:11 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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Only to crash %96 :) Yeah this reporter failed many a math class.


7 posted on 06/30/2008 5:27:20 PM PDT by allmost
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