Winter Storm Uri, yomwe idaphulika kudera lonse la Texas, idawononga ndalama zosachepera $ 600 miliyoni, malinga ndi zomwe akatswiri azachuma aku Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service adapeza. Malalanje, ziweto, mbewu zamaluwa ndi ena mwa magawo omwe amakhudzidwa kwambiri.
"Anthu ambiri a ku Texas alimi, olima ziweto ndi ena omwe ankachita nawo ulimi wamalonda ndi ulimi waulimi anakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi Winter Storm Uri," anatero Jeff Hyde, Ph.D., mkulu wa AgriLife Extension, Bryan-College Station. “Kuzizira kozizira ndi madzi oundana kunapha kapena kuvulaza mbewu ndi ziweto zawo zambiri komanso kubweretsa mavuto azachuma komanso kulephera kugwira ntchito. Ndipo ndalama zotsalira za tsokali zitha kuvutitsa opanga ambiri zaka zikubwerazi. ”
Juan Anciso, AgriLife Extension horticulturist ku Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center ku Weslaco, adati pafupifupi maekala 200 a mandimu ndi mandimu opangidwa ku South Texas adawonongedwa kotheratu chifukwa mbewuzo zimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi nyengo yozizira kuposa mitundu ina ya zipatso za citrus.
"Ngati olimawo asankha kubzalanso, patha zaka zitatu kapena zisanu kuti mbewu zatsopanozi ziyambe kubala zipatso," adatero Anciso.