Central Valley Farmers take precaution projecting crops ahead of storm

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Farmers crossed the Central Valley and astatine Fresno State person been taking enactment to support almond trees successful afloat bloom and incoming chromatic fruit.

Rain totals to day are acold little than past year, but section ag leaders accidental it doesn't alteration the effort to support acres and acres of agriculture.

"When it comes to an lawsuit similar this, and we person each of those perishable blossoms retired here, it truly conscionable comes down to protecting those blossoms and tiny processing effect down it," Fresno County Farm Bureau CEO Ryan Jacobsen said.

Jacobsen says growers passim the Central Valley are taking enactment to support their crops during upwind events similar this weekend's storm. At Fresno State, astir 150 acres of almond trees were sprayed a week agone to assistance sphere the existent bloom.

"It's a operation of protecting the flower. Giving it the fertility it needs and hoping that thing other happens," Fresno State Orchard Instructor Robert Willmott said.

Instructor Robert Willmott says rainfall besides poses a situation with pollination.

"This upwind is not bully for the bee formation hours due to the fact that adjacent these small drops are similar weaponry shells falling connected the small honeybees," Willmott said. "So they are hunkered down, and hopefully we get immoderate sunny days inactive and get backmost to flying them."

Jacobsen and Willmont accidental contempt immoderate challenges, farmers admit each driblet of water.

"This is shaping up to be, potentially, the champion tempest of the play and this is decidedly thing we privation to spot successful the Ag manufacture lone to assistance america decorativeness retired this h2o year," Jacobsen said.

Jacobson says growers are besides focusing connected citrus and chromatic effect including peaches, nectarines, and grapes.

Willmont says they'll fto these bees retired to pollinate arsenic soon arsenic the rainfall takes a interruption present successful the Central Valley, helping these almond trees scope their adjacent step.

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