Just a matter of a few degrees can make or break the peach crop in Porter.

But they’re taking to the sky in hopes they can prevent any damage these temperatures could leave behind.

It doesn’t take much to damage Kent Livesay’s peach crop. He said 28 degrees would just cause some minor damage to about 10 percent of the crop but, “if it was to drop to 25 that might kill 90 percent of the peaches,” said Livesay.

That could kill a lot of his profit.

He relies on Mesonet towers placed around his farm to tell him what the weather is doing so he’ll know how to react.

“We’re taking some preparations,” he said.

Those preparations are happening from above. Livesay said if the wind dies down Monday evening that will create steady conditions that will allow for the air to be warm just above the ground.

“We’ll have helicopters flying tonight to try to push some of that warm air down,” he said.

It is an age old farmer's trick that that can keep the weather warm enough at the farm.

He said he thinks they’ll be able to make it through tonight. But this Oklahoma weather is known for its surprises.

“Hopefully we won’t have any more cold weather till November,” he said.

Those helicopters will start flying around 3 in the morning. Right now he said the crop is looking to be late this year, but he said it’ll still be a good one.

Source - http://www.fox23.com/