Paul wrote,
> Keith, I agree it would have been better for me to have cited the
> hard National Ag Stat Service statistics instead of a newspaper
> article.  However, these statistics show that since the mid-1970's
> California almond yields per acre have been increasing at a rate
> almost proportional to the increases in bearing acreage:
> http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/almondd.jpg


Paul, if you are going to quote since the 70's then do so. Don't put up a 
chart ( photobucket) since the 90's then quote the 70's.
This,  I feel is misleading the readership here at BEE-L.

Paul, you are talking about some thing I have done . I rent heavy equipment 
to A.Teichert & sons a name that should ring a bell to you, also have 
family that grows almonds too.
Keith 

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