Farmer spends $25K a night to keep blueberries alive
Story Date: 3/11/2019

 

Source: Jennifer Forsmann, FAIRFIELD SUN TIMES, 3/7/19

One blueberry farmer is going to extremes to keep his cash crop from freezing. Bill Augustine, owner of Winner's Circle Farms, spends $25,000 a night in air and ground support to keep his blueberries the perfect temperatures. For the past several nights Augustine has been freezing more than 800 acres of blueberry bushes... insulating the blooms from cold temperatures.

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