Farmers Anxious About Coming Freeze

ALPINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The farming industry has been particularly impacted during the COVID-19 crisis. The closed economy has caused steep drops in income.

The owner of Peach Ridge Farms says business is down over 90 percent. Now with a likely freeze on the way, he says this year’s been a nightmare.

“Twenty-three or 24-degrees? That’s catastrophic,” said owner, Todd Quick, of Peach Ridge Farms in Alpine Township. “I mean, for five, six hours that’d be pretty rough. It’s going to burn some of that fruit off, that’s for sure.”

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