Penn State Extension, a group of educators watching Pennsylvania’s farm market, have some dire news for many of the state’s fruit farmers.
It published a report a few days ago that says losses due to freezing temperatures in April could be “catastrophic.”
That includes 60 to 80 percent of European pears, 70 to 90 percent of Pennsylvania’s apples and perhaps all of the state’s apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches and plums.
The losses could total between $150 and $200-million.