Extreme weather forcing North Central Florida farms to change what they are planting and adapt to unpredictability

Saturday mornings at Haile Farmers Market, Eric Bjerregaard arranges peppers, eggplant and okra on a small table at his booth.

The produce comes from Boondox Tropicals, his farm southwest of Newberry, where he grows much of it in greenhouses. But this year, even those greenhouses have not been able to escape the heat.

Bjerregaard said temperatures have been worse than normal, causing some of his plants to stop producing. His sweet peppers, jalapeƱos and cayenne peppers stopped bearing fruit, while his habaneros continued to produce…

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