Cold weather leaves growers on edge
Farmers may have dodged a bullet with the cold weather last weekend.
Freezing conditions in mid-May are not that unusual, especially in northern Michigan.
Temperatures in the northern part of the state dropped as low as 19 degrees, said National Weather Service Meteorologist Tim Locker.
"It's not unusual to get cold weather. This cold was unusual. But generally speaking, the last frost / freeze in northern Michigan is the end of May." Locker said.
Crop damage appears to be limited in northern Michigan, because there hadn't been a significant stretch of warm weather before it turned cold.
Further south, agriculture experts said they have to assess the damage.
"It's going to be variable across different parts of the area, depending on how cold it got." Gross said.
That's Paul Gross with MSU Extension Services in Isabella County.
He said many crops are still in the ground, and their emergence could be slightly delayed. Fruit trees are a bit more iffy, and he said it could be the end of the week before we know if any major damage was done.