Cold Snap Will Delay Strawberries, Increase Cost

By Johnny Morgan, LSU AgCenter

BATON ROUGE — The recent cold snap is causing strawberry growers to go into babysitting-mode, using cloth covers to save their early crop. Many farmers double-covered their strawberries to hold warmer air near the plants and keep the frigid temperatures out, said Whitney Wallace, LSU AgCenter agent in Tangipahoa Parish.