Farmers devastated as unprecedented event wipes out 90% of key crop: 'Worst crop failure in 25 years'

Farmers devastated as unprecedented event wipes out 90% of key crop: 'Worst crop failure in 25 years'

Hungarian cherry growers are bracing for their worst harvest in 25 years after devastating April frosts wiped out nearly 90% of the country's fruit-growing areas, reported Hungary Today. What happened? The brutal cold snap brought freezing temperatures below minus 8 degrees Celsius to regions across Hungary, destroying cherry crops despite farmers' best efforts to protect them.  Even modern frost protection methods couldn't combat what experts c…