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A second night of temperatures below the threshold was in the forecast. The temperatures will affect citrus and cold-season vegetables like leafy greens, onions, beets, parsley and watermelons, Anciso said. Oranges were frozen solid, and some grapefruits were nearly frozen through, he said. The good news is that around 80% of the orange crop and two-thirds of the grapefruit crop were harvested before the winter storm, he said. The crop losses will be significant for producers, but the lasting damage could be tree losses. “A lot of citrus guys are running their sprinklers to insulate their
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