PLANT CITY — For consumers, strawberries are even sweeter this season, with prices hitting record lows.
That's bad news, though, for Plant City farmers, who have been growing the winter morsels for more than a century.
"It started at the beginning of the season," said grower Carl Grooms.
December prices paid to farmers were the lowest Grooms has seen in 38 years, dipping as low as $6 for an 8-pound flat of strawberries, which is below production costs, he said. The monthly average was $10, compared to about $16 in a typical December, Grooms said.
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