Cold Snap Destroys Most Calif. Citrus
"Rudy Canoza" > wrote in message
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> grinder wrote:
>> "Bob Kolker" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> grinder wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not to mention the loss of $100 million in produce!!!
>>> This is a break for Florida though. It is an Ill Wind that does not blow
>>> somebody some good somewhere.
>>>
>>> Wait until next year. The California crop will be bigger and jucier than
>>> ever and all this will be forgotten.
>>>
>>> Bob Kolker
>>>
>>
>> The farmers that have to increase their debt or lose their farms will not
>> forget.
>
> And the dilettante gentleman farmers will remember for a long time, too.
> I have a colleague who has a small avocado farm (he calls it a ranch, for
> some reason), and last year he sold his crop for a whopping $9,000. This
> guy brags to whomever will listen that he doesn't pay any taxes due to all
> the "business expense" tax deductions he gets to take; I mean, he just
> cackles over it. But he was considerably more somber the other day when
> he was relating that it was going to cost him something like $1800 PER
> NIGHT to light his smudge pots. I have no doubt that he'll quickly snap
> up any financial assistance offered by the county, state or federal
> governments.
Low interest loans are still loans.
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