date:Nov 26, 2012
nd about 90 percent of their navel oranges. Additionally the season is expected to end earlier this year. For example, the satsumas, which are usually available until Christmas, are likely to begone within the next couple of weeks.
It wasn't just crops that the farmers lost, they also lost equipment, supply chain facilities and, in extreme cases, their homes.
Alan Vaughn, the Louisiana AgCenter agent who works with the Plaquemines citrus industry, fears that even trees that bounce back may n