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Crops take a hit; losses are tallied.
Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) Publication Date: 27-AUG-05 |
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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: Jane Bussey And Georgia Tasker
Aug. 27--Hurricane Katrina's unexpected jog south caught South Miami-Dade nurseries and groves unprepared, and growers awoke Friday to find fallen shade houses, uprooted plants, a destroyed avocado crop and extensive damage to foliage and landscaping plants.
Most row crop growers were spared because farmers don't plant winter crops such as tomatoes for another month. But Homestead's extensive fruit groves and avocado harvest were hit hard by the hurricane.
"We have been here since daylight picking stuff up," said Robbie Bishop of 27 Farms of Homestead. Avocados carpeted the ground around his avocado trees. Bishop said most of his avocado crop had been blown down or...
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