Following the meeting, the White House announced several new measures the Administration is implementing to help those impacted by the drought, including providing additional assistance for livestock and crop producers, increasing the capacity for lending to small businesses, and waiving certain requirements on trucks helping to provide relief.

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The state's growers have rapidly expanded capacity to their orchards in recent years, contributing to 2010's record crop of 110 million boxes, at the same time that growth in the labor pool has stagnated.

WSJ: So Many Apples in Washington State This Year, So Few Pickers