ʻO Winter Storm Uri, ka mea i pahū ma ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Texas, ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia ma kahi o $600 miliona i nā poho mahiʻai, e like me ka ʻikepili mua mai Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agricultural economists. ʻO ka Citrus, nā holoholona, nā mea kanu horticultural kekahi o nā ʻāpana i paʻakikī loa.
"ʻO ka nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai Texas, nā kahu hānai a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i pili i ka mahiʻai ʻoihana a me ka hana mahiʻai i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia e Winter Storm Uri," wahi a Jeff Hyde, Ph.D., ka luna hoʻokele AgriLife Extension, Bryan-College Station. “Ua make a hōʻino ʻia paha ka nui o kā lākou mau mea kanu a me nā holoholona a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilikia kālā a me nā pilikia o ka hana. A ʻo ke koena o nā kumukūʻai mai ka pōʻino hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā mea hana no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Juan Anciso, AgriLife Extension horticulturist ma Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center ma Weslaco, ma kahi o 200 mau ʻeka lemona a me nā limes i hana ʻia ma South Texas ua luku loa ʻia no ka mea ua ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kēlā mau mea kanu i ke anuanu ma mua o nā ʻano citrus ʻē aʻe.
"Inā koho kēlā mau mea hana e kanu hou, ʻekolu a ʻelima mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēlā mau mea kanu hou e hoʻohua mai," wahi a Anciso.