Sep 29, 2017
Growers analyze hurricane damage

Specialty crop growers in Florida, Texas and the Gulf Coast are scrambling in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Irma dissipated Sept. 15 off the coast of New England, but more information is becoming available about the damage sustained by growers, many of whom had little crop insurance. Photos by University of Florida County Extension Director Gene McAvoy.

Read more: Hurricanes leave growers reeling




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