Winter freezes cost Florida growers $3.1B

With farmers caught shorthanded and with crops not ready for harvesting, a pair of winter freezes at the beginning and end of January potentially inflicted more than $3.17 billion in losses to the state’s agricultural industry. Winter storms Ezra from Dec. 30 to Jan. 1 and Gianna from Jan. 26 to Feb. 4 brought freezing temperatures for multiple hours to ... Read More The post Winter freezes cost Florida growers $3.1B appeared first on Jacksonville Today.