31. That raises concerns about potential crop damage. 32. The crop damage forced growers to send crews into overtime Sunday to salvage their losses and speed up their harvesting. 33. The harvest is moving inland, and there has not been as much crop damage in Arizona and in the interior of California. 34. The most extensive crop damage has occurred in Collier and Hendry counties in southern Florida, said Tropicana Dole President Gary Rodkin. 35. There are hailstorms, but generally they do less crop damage than the pretty little quelea birds that descend like a plague of locusts. 36. Traders had expected the department to lower its estimate to reflect crop damage from the January freeze. 37. U.S. Rep. Dave Hobson surveyed affected farms in Pickaway and Ross counties over the weekend and learned of other crop damage in Fayette and Fairfield counties. 38. Wheat futures prices fell Friday after worries about crop damage declined. 39. Analysts said investors are likely to wait until at least Monday before beginning to assess the exact of crop damage. 40. Bad weather, including flooding and droughts across a wide swath of the country, caused extensive crop damage. |