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Bleak Forecast for Southwest Flordia Spring Plantings

Posted by on 08 Dec 2007 at 6:52 pm under Vegetables

Vegetable acreage in Southwest Florida is expected to be down 5 to 10 percent  this spring, mostly due to the drought.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared 58 Florida counties as disaster areas because of the drought. The declaration makes low-interest loans available to cover drought-related losses, but to qualify growers must show at [...]

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