Produce distributor โcautiously optimisticโ as farmers across Texas count losses following winter storm
POTEET, Texas โ The area farmers who grew crops were unable to completely protect them against the record cold and are finding their prized harvest ruined after last weekโs winter storm. โThey got really cold, to the point where they just got brittle and theyโre falling apart right now,โ said Donovan Garcia Jr., who grows some of Poteetโs prized strawberries. Texas A&M AgriLife extension agents will be throughout affected areas assessing the damage and the economic impacts. Fernando Gonzalez, a major produce distributor, said he is โcautiously optimisticโ because the supply is good. โThereโs so much product that comes into Texas from all over the United States,โ Gonzalez said.