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From: "Smith, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Apple-Crop" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: Yakima Herald-Republic Online - Yakima, Washington News, Classifieds, Information, Advertising
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:19:24 -0700
Re: Yakima paper story.
I had reporters calling by 8 a.m. Monday morning, hoping to get the inside info about the severity of the damage to the state fruit crop. The damage had occurred about 4 – 6 hours before I talked to them. That’s not how we can properly assess crop damage. Getting quick estimates of the worst situations may work with tornadoes, but not with tree fruits.
First, the field advisors may take a week or two to do more than a quick visit to the growers, and more accurately determine the crop potential.
The various packing / sales organizations will compile these rough estimates and deliver their crop estimates to central industry organizations. Then we will have a rough estimate of loss. Then, when we harvest, we find out how accurate these estimates have been. Generally, they are fairly good.
One or two people contacted at random by a reporter cannot pretend to represent the entire industry. I recommend we wait and see how much damage we had until we have at least looked at the orchards.
Timothy J. Smith
WSU Extension,
Chelan, Douglas & Okanogan Counties
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trever Meachum
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:32 PM
To: Apple-Crop
Subject: Apple-Crop: Yakima Herald-Republic Online - Yakima, Washington News, Classifieds, Information, Advertising
Annette,
Neal Manly sent me this yesterday...
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