Get ready for higher prices for citrus/vegetables in Canada/USA (climate, snow)

[wavehunter007]

Spraying on Thursday in California to protect crops from cold:




With all the news about the big freeze in the agricultural areas of the lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas…this rotten extreme winter seems bent on hurting as many of the citrus and winter vegetable growing regions of the USA as possible. People in Canada and the USA might be in for a big price jump for citrus and vegetables in the coming weeks do to the cold snaps into the winter agricutural areas in the USA :

According to the NWS - temperatures dipped close to all-time record lows across the Imperial Valley of California and other agricultural areas Thursday morning, with another freeze occurring this morning. El Centro, CA dropped to 19 F (-7 C) Thursday morning, one degree shy of their all-time record low of 18 F set in 1949. El Centro did set their all-time lowest February record, shattering the old record of 24 set on Feb. 12, 1965.

Multiple hours of sub-freezing temperatures were experienced in not only the Imperial Valley, but also the Gila Valley of California and in the lower Colorado Valley of Arizona…both big agricultural areas in winter in the USA. The extent of the damage from these freezes will take a few weeks to really be known…but people in Canada and the USA could end up paying more for citrus and vegetables in the coming weeks. So far it looks like only the citrus and vegtabile areas in Florida have escaped any damage this winter.


I can’t wait till February ends!!


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[deneb78]

Hopefully Florida will produce enough extra citrus and vegetables this year to make up for the shortfall in Texas, Arizona and California.

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by wavehunter007

Spraying on Thursday in California to protect crops from cold:




With all the news about the big freeze in the agricultural areas of the lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas…this rotten extreme winter seems bent on hurting as many of the citrus and winter vegetable growing regions of the USA as possible. People in Canada and the USA might be in for a big price jump for citrus and vegetables in the coming weeks do to the cold snaps into the winter agricutural areas in the USA :

According to the NWS - temperatures dipped close to all-time record lows across the Imperial Valley of California and other agricultural areas Thursday morning, with another freeze occurring this morning. El Centro, CA dropped to 19 F (-7 C) Thursday morning, one degree shy of their all-time record low of 18 F set in 1949. El Centro did set their all-time lowest February record, shattering the old record of 24 set on Feb. 12, 1965.

Multiple hours of sub-freezing temperatures were experienced in not only the Imperial Valley, but also the Gila Valley of California and in the lower Colorado Valley of Arizona…both big agricultural areas in winter in the USA. The extent of the damage from these freezes will take a few weeks to really be known…but people in Canada and the USA could end up paying more for citrus and vegetables in the coming weeks. So far it looks like only the citrus and vegtabile areas in Florida have escaped any damage this winter.


I can’t wait till February ends!!


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Just read an article where they stated the Arctic is having some of the warmest Jan and Feb temps ever. In Alaska they have had to cancel dog sled races due to the dogs overheating. Seems like all the Artic air is just spilling down on us week after week. The long range weather forecaster Joe Bastardi is calling for next winter to be colder, in fact the next three out of five to much colder than normal in North America. He claims that the second winter after a La Nina event is always much colder than the first. He was way off in November though cause he called for the SE USA to be warm and sunny all winter.

What a different climate we would have if the Rockies ran east-west along the Canadian border. Though we would probably be a lot drier/arid too.

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

Just read an article where they stated the Arctic is having some of the warmest Jan and Feb temps ever. In Alaska they have had to cancel dog sled races due to the dogs overheating. Seems like all the Artic air is just spilling down on us week after week. The long range weather forecaster Joe Bastardi is calling for next winter to be colder, in fact the next three out of five to much colder than normal in North America. He claims that the second winter after a La Nina event is always much colder than the first. He was way off in November though cause he called for the SE USA to be warm and sunny all winter.

I would be very wary of what Joe Bastardi says: He is a huge winter fan. His default position is colder and snowier times are always ahead. Then there is a the issue of AccuWeather: It’s more about marketing than weather in recent years.

[steel7]

Fruits & vegetables have been high for sometime now. I just do without unless they are on sale which isnt often. The days of juicy apples for .25 a lb are long gone.