date:Apr 02, 2013
kicked off the growing season weeks earlier than was typical. But many growers were struck with devastating losses, especially to fruit trees, when several frosts damaged and killed off millions of buds.
Everything started dancing way ahead of when it should, so when we had a freeze come along in April, it damaged a lot of the things that wouldn't normally have been growing, said Mohler.
The losses were staggering for the state's second largest industry.
Growers lost up to 90 percent of the