(Illinois News Network. Please click on the link above for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
Illinois peach growers have experienced a fruitful harvest this year, and their good fortune is being passed down to consumers.
Elizabeth Wahle, extension educator in commercial agriculture at the University of Illinois, said this year’s mild winter and spring caused peach plants to break bud early.
The cold snap in March really didn’t affect the peach crop in Illinois, but southeast states like Georgia took a hit, according to Wahle.
“You hate to benefit off of someone else’s losses, but that’s the reality of marketing the crop,” Wahle said. “I would say for peach growers that have wholesale markets, they’ve had the benefit of being able to step in and fill some of the markets that maybe they wouldn’t have otherwise had.”
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