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Cold Snap Destroys Most Calif. Citrus
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> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:31:03 -0600, "johnny@." <johnny@.> wrote:
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>>Associated Press
>>January 15, 2007, 7:59 PM EST
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>>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.
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>>Other crops, including avocados and strawberries, also have suffered
>>damage in the cold snap, agricultural officials said.
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>>"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.
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>>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.
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>>http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...orld-headlines
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>>That should be good news for Mexican farmers.
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>>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.
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> Too bad for corporate farmers! The deportation of 20 million illegal
> aliens would bring about a social and economic renaissance.
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> Max
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> http://www.numbersusa.com/ Numbers USA
Not to mention the loss of $100 million in produce!!!
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