The record temperatures across San Diego County last week may prove to have a devastating impact on next year's avocado crop. Burnet Wohlford, an avocado grower and manager for other farms said that the coming weeks would tell just how severely next year's avocado crop has been damaged. And this amid a season that was going very well.
The head of the San Diego County Farm Bureau, Eric Larson, says the heat wave is just the latest of a number challenges for local farmers, who have been struggling for years to find enough labour, pay for expensive water and compete with imported product.
Source: 10news.com
