About 90 percent of juice-grape crops were damaged in Michigan, the third-largest U.S. grower, and as much as 50 percent were hurt in New York, the No. 2 producer, and in Pennsylvania and Ohio, said Rich Erdle, the director of member relations for the National Grape Cooperative Inc., the owners of Welch’s juices and jellies. Cold weather destroyed the primary buds on plants, and secondary buds will produce 35 percent of normal output, Erdle said.
... Freezing temperatures also may have damaged wheat crops across the Midwest and northern Great Plains, according to Todey, the South Dakota State professor. The condition of the winter-wheat crop from Arkansas to Ohio fell during the week ended April 15, the USDA said in a report earlier this week.
... Perennial crops, including fruit trees and vines that are not seeded every spring and grow on their own, have suffered the most damage because they start blooming when the temperatures rise.
You would be surprised what kind of fruit that is used in juices. Only the good fruit is sold as fruit. The nasty fruit is used in juices. I know this because a guy i work with worked in Florida for a orchard and he told me he would never drink juice out of a box because they use the old nasty fruit to make juice.
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