According to The Packer, “U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has signed a declaration of disaster for areas in Georgia and Florida for crops affected by a mid-March freeze. The declaration enables growers in affected counties to apply for low-interest loans to help them recover from crop losses.”  Many areas of Georgia lost 75% or more of their early blueberry crop but there was also losses to strawberries and some vegetable crops, although Vidalia onions appeared to come through unscathed.  You can read the story and see the list of counties here.

This is what blueberries in Georgia look like after last week’s freeze. (AP Photo)