Farmers issue warning after extreme weather impacts key crops: 'It's heart-wrenching and sickening'

Farmers issue warning after extreme weather impacts key crops: 'It's heart-wrenching and sickening'

Western Australia's South West and Great Southern regions were thrown into chaos a couple of weeks ago after severe thunderstorms and bursts of hail hit just as farmers prepared to harvest, reported ABC News Australia.  What should have been the start of a busy but hopeful season instead turned into a heartbreaking cleanup for growers, many of whom watched months of work disappear in minutes.  What's happening? Crops across Boyup Brook, Bridgeto…