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When Nikiko Masumoto was 9-years-old, she remembers hail pouring down on her family’s organic peach and nectarine farm. It was at the end of June, the peak of harvest. “We lost 95 percent of our crop in a seven minute hail storm,” she said. Now as an adult, Masumoto is reliving that experience. Last weekend, she watched from her kitchen “in horror” as hail pummeled down on the Masumoto Family Farm south of Fresno. This time the hail lasted 9 minutes, she said, and the farm was covered in small drops of ice. “Immediately after I went out to the fields and my heart was just broken,” Masumoto said. “Looking at our little tiny green peaches and nectarines, that aren’t quite yet ready for harvest, you can see in the fruit that was hit pockmarks and open wounds from the hail.” Hail and frequent showers are usually abnormal for the San Joaquin Valley in late May, and stone fruit farmers are taking the hit. More showers and hail is expected throughout the Valley this upcoming weekend,
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