Almond Growers Lose Trees In Storm
December 17, 2014 In last week’s big storm, thousands of almond trees were knocked down from the heavy winds.
“Whenever we have a storm like this, where the wind comes out of the southeast, we can always expect to find more damage, especially in the older orchards,” Clinton Shick, a farmer in the McFarland area, told the website Bakersfieldnow.com Monday.
Shick said he lost about 60 trees in a 35-acre block. He knows other farmers who lost anywhere between 200 to 500 trees.
While this might seem like a large number, Shick said it only comes out to about a 0.5% to 2% loss.
Source: BakersfieldNow.com
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