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Food Manufacturing Boosted by Good Farming Season -� Compared to the cold and wet 1993 crop season. food weather in 1994 boosted employment in the large food manufacturing industry. About 69 percent of expansion jobs in manufacturing were created in food processing and vegetable canning. • New jobs from business start-ups increased 18 percent from the previous quarter, while job loss from business closings declined by 45 percent. Major expansions created 31 percent more jobs this quarter, while 66 percent fewer jobs were lost through contractions. Manufacturing was the largest source of expansion jobs (45 percent), followed by services (26 percent) and Southeast local government (16 percent). In the service industry, health services, education and business i Region services were large sources of expansion jobs. Local governments hired numerous workers to complete repair of flood-damaged facilities. 3rd Quarter, 1994 Number of Business Establishments Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions Industry No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%a) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) Agriculture 9 1.9 -13 -2.8 D D D 0 Mining 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 D D Construction 41 2.3 -32 -1.8 10 0.6 10 0.6 Manufacturing 19 1.8 -9 -0.8 31 2.9 9 0.8 Trans,Comm,Utilities 26 2.6 -13 -1.3 4 0.4 1 0.4 Wholesale Trade 17 1.3 -20 -1.6 9 0.7 D D Retail Trade 59 1.4 -69 -1.7 D D 8 0.2 Finance, Ins., Real Estate 27 1.8 .12 -0.8 0 0.0 4 0.3 Services 138 2.8 -62 -1.7 44 0.9 27 0.6 • Public Administration 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 4.6 D D TOTAL 3rd Qtr., 1994 336 2.0 -250 -1.5 132 0.8 66 0.4 • TOTAL 2nd Qtr., 1994 357 2.1 -299 -1.8 118 0.7 89 0.5 TOTAL 3rd Qtr.. 1993 414 2.5 -221 -11.4 120 0.7 117 0.7 Number of Jobs Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions Industry No. Rata(%) No. Rate{%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) Agriculture 26 0.8 .6 -0.2 D D D D Mining 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 •0` D Construction 74 0.8 -19 -0.2 118 1.2 -146,,. -1.5 Manufacturing 75 0.1 -81 -0.1 1,482 2.2 -210 -0.4 Trans.Corn m,Utilities 33 0.8 -10 -0.1 121 1.1 -48 -0.4 Wholesale Trace -'.4 0.3 -57 -0.4 109 0.8 D D Retail Trade 564 1.0 -206 -0.4 D D -127 -0.2 Finance, Ins., Real Estate 40 0.4 -2 -0.0 0 0.0 -52 -0.5 Services 389 0.4 -66 -0.1 866 0.9 -401 -0.4 Public Administration 0 0.0 0 0.0 525 5.6 D 0 TOTAL 3rd Qtr.. 1994 1,295 0.5 -447 -0.2 3.324 1.2 -1,110 -0.4 TOTAL 2nd Qtr.. 1994 1.098 0.4 -806 -0.3 2.537 0.9 -2.069 -0.8 TOTAL 3rd Qtr.. 1993 1.700 0.6 -548 -0.2 3.077 1.2 -3.900 -1.5 D = Suppressed to avoid disclosure of individual company data. Southeast Re ton Counties: Are Earth. Brown. Dod e. Fartboulr. Fillmore. Freeborn. Gon r. ihue. Houston. Le Sueur. Marvin. Mower Nicnller. Olorsted. Rice. Sibley. Steele. Wobrsha. Waseca. Watonwan. mud Winona. Vote: See notes on Pale /3 nj Report jnr Tenns. Definitions and Sources. • 11