Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story this week about all of the natural disasters that have affected Georgia blueberry growers over the past few years. In previous years it has been late frosts and tropical storms; this year it was severe weather in the form of heavy hail that wiped out crops at random as they moved through blueberry country. In addition there are economic hardships with imports and the pandemic. You can read more from Clint Thompson at https://vscnews.com/georgia-blueberry-producers/.

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