A sudden freeze last spring has left many Alabama farmers’ crops diminished or completely destroyed. That means that right now, farmers markets, grocery stores and farm stands across the state are feeling the impacts of this freeze.
Blake Thaxton is the executive director of the Alabama Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association, which is an affiliate with the Alabama Farmers Federation. He said the freeze wiped out many fruit crops statewide: “You’ll find a few areas [or] pockets where some of our fruit made it through the late March freeze, but peaches, blueberries, apples [and] plums were all highly affected by that freeze.”
“It was a crucial time of development, and we’re definitely going to see a lower yield this year across the state and even in some neighboring states as well. Peaches definitely took the hardest beating and blueberries as well. Strawberries’ yields were diminished but not wiped out like some of those other crops.”
Source: apr.org
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