You may be tired of colder than normal temperatures this March, but Wisconsin's fruit growers are happy to see the change.
While Wisconsin enjoyed temperatures in the 60s at this time last year, fruit trees bloomed early and caused most of the crop to be lost during a late refreeze.
"When temperatures returned to normal, growers really took it under the chin," said Ralph Yates of Fruit Acres, Inc.
"Now this year, we're having what we'd consider a normal winter for Minnesota and Wisconsin."
The early thaw and refreeze of 2012, combined with the dry summer conditions, caused losses of 50 to 70 percent of many fruit crops across the state.