Cravo's Auto-Dry™ featured on CBC's The National - Canada's nightly national news broadcast

Auto-Dry™ featured on CBC's The National

Okanagan fruit farmers and researchers look to solutions like Cravo's retractable roof systems to minimize the impact of climate on their crops and profits.

According to the CBC, the Okanagan region is enjoying a bumper fruit crop this year due to milder weather and less extreme temperatures resulting in profits for the first time in nearly a decade.

Known for its mild winters and hot, dry summers, the Okanagan region is located in the interior of British Columbia and is one of Canada's premiere tree fruit and wine regions. But climate extremes have also gripped the region. As reported by the CBC, last year some farmers lost their entire crops due to early extreme cold.

The Okanagan region of British Columbia is known for its tree fruits and wine production - credit CBC's The National

As a world-renowned vacation and retirement destination boasting beautiful lakes and an avid downhill ski culture, over the last 30 years the Okanagan fruit industry has been fending off the pressure of encroaching development through the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), which was established to preserve farmland for food production.

Balancing the demand for housing and recreation with the need to protect orchards and vineyards has become a defining challenge, with the survival of the fruit industry and the character of the region itself closely tied to how well this balance is maintained.

This Statistics Canada graph pictured by CBC's The National shows the declining profitability of fruit growers over the last 25 years.

Canada is just one of many regions worldwide grappling with extreme swings in temperature, forcing growers and researchers alike to search for ways to shield crops from both cold snaps and scorching heat, challenges that Cravo’s retractable roof systems have been helping solve for more than 40 years. Watch the full CBC news story here.

For more predictability in harvests and profits, contact Cravo to see which retractable roof system will meet your climate challenges.

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Special thanks to reporter Brady Strachan who included Cravo systems in his news story.