THONOTOSASSA, Fla. — After several days of below-freezing temperatures across Florida, farmers are finally getting back into their fields — and beginning the difficult task of figuring out what survived.
Growers say it wasn’t a single cold night that caused concern, but the duration of the freeze that pushed crops to the brink.
“It’s been a test. Yes,” said Don Balaban, a grower who says prolonged cold strained both crops and farmers alike…