The southern Illinois fruit crop is off to a better start this year than last. 

Austin Flamm, owner of Flamm Orchards in Union County, tells Brownfield…

“Coming off of the ‘23 season where we did not have a very good peach crop at all, I think we had probably 10% or less of a crop.”  He says, “This year it’s already looking better than that.”

He says they have had to protect their strawberries from a few cold snaps.

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