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Spring frost? How Georgia farmers are preparing, protecting their crops
Our area could be seeing some frost this weekend. Farmers are already taking steps to prepare. Share Updated: 7:17 PM EDT Apr 1, 2021
Our area could be seeing some frost this weekend. Farmers are already taking steps to prepare. Share Updated: 7:17 PM EDT Apr 1, 2021
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Show Transcript HEARD - WE COULD BE SEEING SOME FROST THIS WEEKEND. OUR BROOKE BUTLER SPOKE TO FARMERS TODAY TO SEE HOW THEY RE PREPARING. IM AT OTTAWA FARMS IN CHATHAM COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE IM SURROUNDED BY A SEA OF WHITE. THESE ARE SHEETS THAT WERE SET UP TODAY IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THAT POTENTIAL FOR FROST. FARM OWNER PETE WALLER TELLS US - THESE SHEETS WILL HELP PROTECT THE STRAWBERRIES UNDERNEATH - AS THEY CAN WITHSTAND TEMPERATURES OF UP TO 28 DEGREES. FARMERS SAY IF THE BUDS ARE IMPACTED. IT COULD BE DEVASTATING. 1:58 IF WE HAVE A FREEZE TONIGHT AND IF WE DON T COVER UP THE
With Becker County opting out, there will be one fewer vote on the new governing policy board.
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This culvert replaced a bridge that used to cross the Otter Tail River on 335th Avenue in Becker County. (Nathan Bowe / Tribune)(Nathan Bowe / Tribune)
Becker County splashed cold water on the One Watershed, One Plan initiative for the Otter Tail River on Tuesday, when commissioners voted 3-2 not to participate.
It was a reversal from the Feb. 16 Becker County Board meeting, when commissioners voted 3-2 to join two separate One Watershed, One Plan initiatives one for the Buffalo-Red River and one for the Wild Rice River.