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Hurricane Michael Aftermath: Pecan Producer Still Reeling Amid a Down Year

Hurricane Michael Aftermath: Pecan Producer Still Reeling Amid a Down Year

By Pam Knox

The rainy and cloudy weather this year has affected a lot of pecan production in the Southeast, but as Clint Thompson of Vegetable and Specialty Crop News points out, growers are still feeling the impacts of tree loss due to Hurricane Michael in 2018. Many trees have still not recovered from the damaging winds and destruction of many orchards. You can read more about both the impacts of Michael and of last summer’s weather at Hurricane Michael Aftermath: Pecan Producer Still Reeling Amid a Down Year – VSC NEWS.

Source : uga.edu

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