Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 11/7/18

In the wake of Hurricane Michael many growers are faced with major cleanup tasks in their orchards. With nuts covering the ground as well, the type of cleanup required makes harvesting the nuts questionable in many orchards from Albany southwest to Bainbridge and in other scattered orchards along the storms path. In our meeting with RMA officials last week, we were told that if the damage to these orchards is so severe that cleanup would destroy most of the nuts and the ground would be so damaged that...

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