CENSUS RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE

     Edition #151--For Air Beginning Week of March 13, 1995

"Just a Minute," Runs :60

CAGLE:  "Just a Minute," a look at American agriculture with 
Joe Miller.  Joe, there's been some tough below-freezing
temperatures in Florida this year--what impact is that going to
have on the nation's strawberry production?

MILLER:  Nationally, Florida is the second-ranked state in
strawberry production, yet it accounts for only 7 percent of all
the strawberries produced in the country.  California is by far and
away the leading strawberry producer, with four-fifths of the
nation's total strawberry production, and in third place is Oregon,
but it has only 4 percent.  So, while at a national level, the cold
weather in Florida won't have a profound effect on the strawberry
production and the availability of the crop, it will be devastating
to those Florida farmers, so let's hope, for their sake, the crop
isn't destroyed.

CAGLE:  "Just a Minute" is produced by the U.S. Census Bureau.