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South Florida Farmers Face Catastrophic Losses From Historic Freeze
A historic cold front caused up to $1.5 billion in damage to South Florida farms, with strong winds reducing crop protection effectiveness, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said.
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After historic freeze, Florida farmers count losses that could reach $1.5 billion
A powerful cold front earlier this month could’ve caused over one billion dollars in damage to Florida agriculture, according to Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson. A local Hillsborough County farmer says he felt the hit in the loss of thousands of dollars in lost crops. “That’s my dad, he’s ninety, over here. He’s the one that started all this. We’re both retired firefighters, he did 35 years, he was a deputy chief of Tampa when he reti…
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