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Cold weather will likely cause a delayed peak for Louisiana strawberry season
Texas wasn’t the only state hit hard by the winter weather this month. Louisiana, while it didn’t see the snowstorms Texas did, saw temperatures well below freezing. For the strawberry growers who are concentrated around the southeastern part of the state, this has caused some losses, but since the season hasn’t yet fully started, this will likely only result in a delay of the start of the season.
Some losses in the fields but covers protected the crop
Eric Morrow of Morrow Farm, located in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, says: “Some of the northern parts of the state got snow, but here in the southern parts we just got the low temperatures. For us it got down to about 21 degrees, which is very cold for this region.” Fortunately, Morrow was able to protect his crops through coverage. “I went out and bought new covers and covered the strawberries and it looks like it worked. We just took off the cov
Cold weather will likely cause a delayed peak for Louisiana strawberry season
Texas wasn’t the only state hit hard by the winter weather this month. Louisiana, while it didn’t see the snowstorms Texas did, saw temperatures well below freezing. For the strawberry growers who are concentrated around the southeastern part of the state, this has caused some losses, but since the season hasn’t yet fully started, this will likely only result in a delay of the start of the season.
Some losses in the fields but covers protected the crop
Eric Morrow of Morrow Farm, located in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, says: “Some of the northern parts of the state got snow, but here in the southern parts we just got the low temperatures. For us it got down to about 21 degrees, which is very cold for this region.” Fortunately, Morrow was able to protect his crops through coverage. “I went out and bought new covers and covered the strawberries and it looks like it worked. We just took off the cov