According to data presented by the delegate of SAGARPA in Puebla, Tetela de Ocampo's Golden apple harvest surpassed the 50 thousand tons in 2014.
Currently, according to the agency, the state ranks fourth in the national production only under Chihuahua, Durango and Coahuila.
The delegate said that SAGARPA could support producers so they can solve their petitions, via the field modernization program led by President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Mexico's apple production amounts to nearly 3 billion dollars a year and the productive area for this crop totals 62 thousand hectares, most of which are located in the northern part of the country.
Chihuahua is the largest apple producer in the country as, between 2009 and 2012 it amounted to an average of 67.4% of the volume and 66.5% of the revenues. Durango, Coahuila and Puebla are important entities in the cultivation of this fruit and together they generated 25.4% of the volume and 26.5% of the value.
Source: unionpuebla.mx