On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:31:03 -0600, "johnny@." <johnny@.> wrote:

>Associated Press
>January 15, 2007, 7:59 PM EST
>
>SAN FRANCISCO -- Three nights of freezing temperatures have destroyed up
>to three-quarters of California's $1 billion citrus crop, according to
>an estimate issued Monday as forecasters warned the weather could continue.
>
>Other crops, including avocados and strawberries, also have suffered
>damage in the cold snap, agricultural officials said.
>
>"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.
>
>Growers hastened to pick as much fruit as possible before the chilly
>weather hit Friday, but an industry labor shortage meant much of the
>$960 million crop went unharvested, LoBue said.
>
>http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...orld-headlines
>
>That should be good news for Mexican farmers.
>
>If those damn illegal aliens would just accept the salary paid by the
>cheap growers, and had not went into construction and service work, the
>fruit would have been picked before the freeze.

Too bad for corporate farmers! The deportation of 20 million illegal
aliens would bring about a social and economic renaissance.

Max

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