Some cherry growers in the eastern states of Australia have lost their entire crop this week.
There has been flooding in western Queensland, New South Wales and north-eastern Victoria.
Cherry Growers Australia says about a quarter of the 12,000 tonnes of fruit ripe for picking across New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia has been lost.
"Anything that might have been ripe or near ripe is either cracked or may crack," says chief executive Trevor Ranford.
Fruit Growers Victoria says the state has been hit particularly hard, with an average reported loss due to rain of about 48%.
Rain expected well into New Year
The ABC reports other fruit, vegetable and cereal crops have also been affected.
"It's pretty much across the board," said IBIS World senior analyst Ian MacGowan, "right from mango production up in Darwin and far north Queensland through to avocados all the way through to stonefruits down in New South Wales and Victoria."
Mr MacGowan says the bad news for east coast farmers is that the rain is expected to continue well into the New Year.
"It is not just going to be a lot of rainfall but a lot of humidity as well, and it is going to affect all sorts of crop production."
