Growers in the New South Wales New England Region are calling for a natural disaster declaration after a freak snowstorm. 

More than 30 centimetres of snow fell over Arding's Greenhill Orchards - six hundred trees were damaged or lost when protective netting collapsed under the weight of five hundred tonnes of snow. 

The cost of repairs is already sitting at half a million dollars. 

Rural Reporter Toby Gough spoke with owner Warren Yeomans about the scale of destruction. 

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