Bob Krauter
Bob Krauter
bad damage groves looks navel orange
It looks pretty bad with the lemons, and I know that we've got damage in the navel orange groves as well.
cold damage exposed fruit further grove hearing nights outside starts top trees weather
The damage starts on the trees at the outside of the grove and the exposed fruit at the top of the trees. We're hearing now that damage is getting further into the grove. Consecutive nights of cold weather weakens the fruit.
air certain farmers gets hiring mix obviously running starting water wind
Farmers are obviously running water and starting up their wind machines, hiring helicopters to go up and mix up the air a little bit. But when it gets down to a certain temperature, there is only so much a farmer can do.