RE:smoke and ash from wildfires have damaged crop
I do hope this is covered by their insurance. If yes, this might not be even too bad since they would not even have to find a buyer for their harvest and still have some sort of revenue (insurance payout). Plus they still have last year's crop to sell, so even if this year's is a total loss, they are not completely f#cked.
Regardless of that, I hope this does not interfere with their plans to expand operations.