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Million dollars worth of avocados lost to Gap Fire
United States
Thursday 10 July 2008
County Agricultural Commissioner William Gillette says at least 233 acres of orchards have burned.
Gillette estimates the cost to replace trees, farm equipment, and irrigation lines, plus lost production until new trees bear fruit, will be US$9.5 million over the next five to seven years.
The commissioner delivered a preliminary report to the governor's Office of Emergency Services today. He says it's the first step in helping local farmers get financial relief for crop losses.
He says the total losses to ranching and farm lands will not be known until the Gap Fire is put out.
Gillette estimates the cost to replace trees, farm equipment, and irrigation lines, plus lost production until new trees bear fruit, will be US$9.5 million over the next five to seven years.
The commissioner delivered a preliminary report to the governor's Office of Emergency Services today. He says it's the first step in helping local farmers get financial relief for crop losses.
He says the total losses to ranching and farm lands will not be known until the Gap Fire is put out.
