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Weekend frost advisories a threat to valley growers, farmers; impact ...

SACRAMENTO -- A frost advisory Friday night through Sunday morning has Valley farmers and growers keeping a close eye on both crops and plants. As it's peak growing season, frost can be ... read more

Fruit growers assess frost damage

Fruit growers in Northwest Indiana are still assessing the damage to this year’s harvest by two consecutive nights of frost, but they're confident there will be local fruit this summer ... read more

Nights of hard frost devastates almond crop - Yahoo

Apr. 20—A week of hard night freezes followed by stiff north winds left almond orchards decimated in the Upper Sacramento Valley, leaving growers with nothing to do but look ahead to next year's ... read more

Lodi-Area Vineyards Still Feeling Impact Of 'Devastating' April Frost

Lodi-area grape growers were left in the cold after a hard freeze a month ago, ... Lodi-Area Vineyards Still Feeling Impact Of 'Devastating' April Frost. May 11, 2022 / 4:21 PM PDT / CBS Sacramento ... read more

Climate change wreaks more havoc on wine growers with spring frost

But then came the night of May 17-18, and a frost that highlights the effects of climate change on wine. Advertisement The forecast low of 31 degrees should not have been a threat. read more

Growers gear up to fight new frost rules

Local growers in the Russian River watershed in Mendocino and Sonoma ounties, titled Russian River Water Users for the Environment, filed a lawsuit against the State Water Resources Control Board ... read more

New York Apple Growers Assessing Damage After Overnight Frost

Growers of apples and other fruit in the northeastern U.S. are assessing crop damage from overnight temperatures that fell into the teens in some areas after an unseasonably warm winter ... read more

Study estimates impact of proposed frost rules to top $2B

Nov. 9: Draft frost-protection ordinance to be presented to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. Nov. 17: State Water Resources Control Board workshop on Russian River watershed frost ... read more

Months after devastating frost, grape growers are feeling optimistic

Four months after an unseasonable frost event wiped out vineyards across south-eastern parts of the country, growers in SA say they are feeling better than expected. read more