Warm weather producing strong Florida crops

Florida’s unseasonably warm weather is helping grower-shippers produce quality crops, shippers report.

Adam Lytch, operations manager for Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Cos. Inc., which grows and packs bell peppers, squash and other vegetables from Immokalee, said the favorable growing conditions is producing high quality fall and winter crops.

He said buyers should also expect consistent supplies when south Florida transitions from fall production to winter production in late January and early February.