Almost the entire new harvest was lost.
Since farmers do not have sufficient storage capacity for the entire harvest, they are at a disadvantage when marketing their product in a hurry.
Diseases sometimes crop up, along with problems like unusually cold water in winter or parasites that can wipe out entire harvests.
To begin with, the entire harvest isn't necessarily late; it might even be early.
Here it was mid-October and the Agency still had not been able to observe the farmers in that valley through an entire harvest.
Only 30 per cent of the usual resources had been used to achieve this, and the entire harvest had been sold, he said.
Several growers offer a bonus to those who remain for the entire harvest.
To help enforce their control, the companies hold back a share of the farmer's payment until the entire harvest is delivered.
And now practically the entire harvest is lost.
The beetle can destroy the entire harvest of an area.