Impacts of rain on raisins and other crops during harvest season

The timing of rainfall is captious for Valley crops, particularly for raisins that are presently successful the process of drying up.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Parts of the Valley woke up to thunder and rainfall connected Thursday morning.

The cooling temperatures are welcomed by many.

But for farmers, excessively overmuch rainfall during harvest season, which runs from August done September, tin beryllium harmful for raisins.

Downpours tin origin raisins to reabsorb water, and they tin besides embed soil successful the crop.

"I was successful that presumption past twelvemonth and it's a horrible feeling. Last twelvemonth we mislaid astir $300,000. You get 'shrink' and you get mold," said Dwayne Cardoza, who has been increasing raisins since 1978.

He is besides the vice president of the Raisin Bargaining Association, oregon RBA.

Thankfully, Thursday's spotty showers were not excessively damaging to his crop.

"Overall we're fine, particularly this side, connected the westbound broadside of Caruthers.. We didn't drawback overmuch rainfall similar connected the eastbound side, Del Rey, Sanger and Kingsburg," mentioned Dwayne.

Sunshine and a airy breeze pursuing a tempest tin assistance raisins adust faster.

Otherwise, farmers person to wage hundreds of dollars to tally their harvest done a dehydrator.

Ryan Jacobsen with the Fresno County Farm Bureau says perishable crops, similar peaches, plums and nectarines tin besides beryllium impacted by aboriginal play rain.

But what's astir concerning are array grapes.

"But connected the grape broadside we person respective much months of array grapes left, and the sensitivity determination is. When you get ligament successful the crown oregon successful the mediate of that clump they can. They tin rot precise quickly," said Ryan.

The workplace bureau says things are looking connected the agleam side, arsenic it looks similar we person immoderate warmer upwind coming successful the pursuing days.

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