Southeast AgNet joined Central Florida Congressman Adam Putnam at the start of a multi-day tour of Florida agriculture’s freeze damage statewide, visiting citrus groves in Lake County Thursday. At the same time in Tallahassee, disaster declarations were being drafted by the Florida Dept of Agriculture, and forwarded to the governor that will include every county in Florida. The Governor is expected to sign the declaration this Friday in Haines City. In this first audio cut, Putnam (left in photo) offers initial reactions to what he is witnessing in the field.
In this next cut, citrus grower Rick Freeman (right in photo) discusses what growers can expect in the coming couple of weeks if the weather stays warm.
and in this next cut, Freeman describes the process many growers will be undertaking in the coming weeks based on past experience.
Stay tuned to this website for further coverage as more impacts from the early January freeze become apparent.
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