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When deer damage orchards, what does Utah owe fruit growers?

Box Elder producers struggle with big game flattening new apricot, nectarine trees.

(Leah Hogsten  |  The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordan Riley of Riley Farm Foods prunes a sweet cherry tree while checking the orchards for signs of frost, April 14, 2020. Riley is among several Perry fruit growers whose trees are being damaged by deer. They would like the state to compensate them for future lost production, not just the cost of replacing the trees.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jordan Riley of Riley Farm Foods prunes a sweet cherry tree while checking the orchards for signs of frost, April 14, 2020. Riley is among several Perry fruit growers whose trees are being damaged by deer. They would like the state to compensate them for future lost production, not just the cost of replacing the trees.