Moreover, he says farmers are less concerned about a drop in crop prices at the top of the market, than about similar declines at the bottom.

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Lugging bags and crates of freshly picked grapes, growers from all corners of the city convened in the parking lot of a local park on Saturday to drop off their crop.

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The result is vastly inflated research and development costs, less innovation and diminished exploitation of superior techniques and products that could offer more crop for the drop.

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