IHT: Freezing temperatures destroy most of California citrus crop
Associated Press, Via International Herald Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO: Three nights of freezing temperatures have destroyed up to three-quarters of California's $1 billion (€770 million) citrus crop, according to an estimate issued as forecasters warned the weather could continue.
Other crops, including avocados and strawberries, also have suffered damage, agricultural officials said Monday.
"This is one of those freezes that, unfortunately, we'll all remember," said A.G. Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The latest freeze will likely surpass the damage done by a three-day cold snap in December 1998 that destroyed 85 percent of California's citrus crop, a loss valued at $700 million, Kawamura said.
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SAN FRANCISCO: Three nights of freezing temperatures have destroyed up to three-quarters of California's $1 billion (€770 million) citrus crop, according to an estimate issued as forecasters warned the weather could continue.
Other crops, including avocados and strawberries, also have suffered damage, agricultural officials said Monday.
"This is one of those freezes that, unfortunately, we'll all remember," said A.G. Kawamura, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The latest freeze will likely surpass the damage done by a three-day cold snap in December 1998 that destroyed 85 percent of California's citrus crop, a loss valued at $700 million, Kawamura said.
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