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Tagged: citrus

Agriculture
6:21 pm
Fri January 11, 2013

Possible Hard Freeze Threatens Citrus Industry, Mandarins At Risk

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Citrus groves near Orange Cove will endure as many as 12 hours of below freezing temperatures tonight, according to weather forecasters. (file photo)
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Update: Saturday, 8:45 AM: Unexpected cloud cover late Friday and early Saturday kept temperatures slightly higher than forecast, enough to prevent damage to most commercially grown fruit. Lows in most places were in the upper 20's. Forecasts call for more extreme cold over the weekend.  ORIGINAL REPORT:

Valley citrus growers are in for a long night tonight, as what is expected to be the coldest evening of the year threatens to damage the region's citrus crop, with the most popular new variety, the mandarin orange,  most at risk.

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Valley Edition
1:37 pm
Thu June 21, 2012

Backyard citrus harvest helps feed those in need

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Sarah Ramirez displays the fruits of her harvest at a backyard in Visalia
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Sarah Ramirez carries her citrus harvesting tools to the next harvest site
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Sarah Ramirez rests for a moment during a backyard harvest in Visalia
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Crates of lemons from two backyard trees harvested by TC Harvest
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Tulare Union High School student Conrad Santos stands on a ladder to reach some oranges at the top of a tree in a Visalia backyard.
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Volunteers work to harvest citrus at a Visalia backyard
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TC Harvest volunteers unload the morning's harvest at the Foodlink warehouse in Visalia
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Across the southern San Joaquin Valley, the commercial citrus harvest is virtually over. But over the past two months, a volunteer group has been working in backyards across Tulare county to collect fruit that would otherwise go to waste, and donate it to those in need. FM89's Joe Moore has this report.

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