Georgia lost more than 90% of this year’s peach crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a late-season freeze
The Peach State lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a late-season freeze, Dario Chavez, an associate professor of Horticulture at the University of Georgia, told CNN. Georgia normally produces more than 130 million pounds of peaches annually, according to the University of Georgia, and the crop in 2021 was valued at nearly $85 million.
“We are so grateful to be able to offer you a few of our favorite varieties that survived the cold spring nights,” they added. The eastern half of the country experienced unusual, summerlike heat in February. High temperatures climbed to 80 degrees as far north as Ohio and West Virginia in the last week of the month — unusual, but becoming less so in a warming climate.
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