Farmers scramble to protect strawberry crops before Valentine’s Day: ‘It could take literally 30 minutes for you to have a catastrophic failure’

Surges of Arctic air that have pushed as far south as Florida have threatened an important fruit crop, and farmers in the Sunshine State have been on edge about recent cold conditions. What’s happening?. Plant City, Florida, is the “Winter Strawberry Capital of the Nation,” according to the Florida Strawberry…..

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