Three weeks before the peach growing season gets under way, growers here don't know whether they will have a buyer for their crop at harvest time.
It's one of many problems they face in these uncertain times for western New York fruit growers.
The anticipated closing of a Canadian processing plant that has been buying tons of New York peaches is just the latest in a series of challenges that include a potentially devastating virus, persistent labor shortages and competition from abroad.
"What saves us is we're diversified," said James Bittner, an ownership partner at Singer Farms LLC and one of the largest growers in the Lake Ontario fruit …
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