As winter warms, farmers in southern US find ways to adapt

by ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thu, June 8th 2023, 3:14 PM UTC

Jim Markley, the owner of CJ Orchards Farm, holds a single peach that managed to endure some warm temperatures on May 31, 2013, in Rutledge, Ga. Climate change is driving warmer winters, and in several cities in the U.S. South farmers have struggled with crop losses or had to replant fields. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Jim Markley, the proprietor of CJ Orchards Farm, stands inside a Peach Tree with abundant leaves but devoid of fruit, while posing for a photo in Rutledge, Ga., on May 31, 2023. Climate change is driving warmer winters, and in several cities in the U.S. South farmers have struggled with crop losses or had to replant fields. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Jim Markley, the owner of CJ Orchards Farm, holds a single peach that managed to endure some warm temperatures on May 31, 2013, in Rutledge, Ga. Climate change is driving warmer winters, and in several cities in the U.S. South farmers have struggled with crop losses or had to replant fields. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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