Georgia Peach Crop Loss A Multi-Million Dollar Disaster For Farmers
June 26, 2017 | 1 min to read
People shopping for summer fruits may notice peaches are selling for higher prices.
A double whammy of unexpected weather destroyed most of the peach crops in the Southeast.
Last month, wholesale prices for a case of Georgia peaches reportedly rose 50 percent, from roughly $20 to about $30.
Right now, pickers should be harvesting an orchard in Musella, Georgia, and sending its peaches to market. But the peaches are puny and therefore worthless — and they have plenty of company, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann.
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