US (WA): Growers protect orchards against freeze
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports workers were out early Wednesday at the Rancho El Rosario orchard west of Prosser to protect cherry buds.
A manager says he used 63 bonfires, 280 diesel furnaces and eight wind machines to fight the freeze.
“I’m sure there could be some critical areas, but hopefully we got the word out and growers could be a little bit proactive,” said Nic Loyd, a meteorologist with AgWeatherNet, a Prosser-based weather information system run by Washington State University.
Source: www.bellinghamherald.com