The cold weather reduced crop prospects with significant loss expected. Freeze covers protected a lot of the acreage from damage. Picking is active. Acreage with freeze covers is in fair to mostly good condition. Growers delayed transplanting until the threat of hard freeze passed.
Some plants show foliage damage to the tops with actual loss currently being measured.
Picking is slow with a very light volume available. Harvesting is active with a light volume available. Harvesting is slow with a reduced volume available. The crop is in fair condition with the top half of some plants frozen. Actual damage is currently being assessed.