NC blueberry crop suffering due to adverse weather conditions
Story Date: 6/12/2018

 

Source: WWAY, 6/5/18

It’s few fruits currently for their labor. Blueberry farmers in our area are suffering this year thanks, unfortunately, to prolonged freezing this winter and heavy rains this spring. At Nelson’s Blueberry Farm in Bridgeton, farmers are trying to pick whatever blueberries they can after what they say has been a very rough year for harvest. Debbie Nelson Gustafson, who has been growing blueberries for 25 years, is watching over her crop and said it’s been a struggle so far. …

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