Agriculture contributes more than $91 billion to the state's economy -- so when we experience extreme conditions, farmers worry.

Michigan apples are hardy and they usually survive even extreme cold temperatures, but Michigan peaches are at high risk. If air temps dip below -15 degrees for even an hour, the entire crop could be lost.

Todd Quick owns Peach Ridge Farms and stood by his peach trees Friday.

"The buds look really good right now," explains Quick. "We will see tomorrow what the temperature brings."

The forecasters are predicting extreme cold, and that has farmers like Quick scared.

According to the USDA, in 2013 Michigan produced 41.2 million pounds of peaches, but when the weather turns bad, so does the crop. In 2012, cold cut the crop to only four million peaches.

"Every three years you plan on losing your crop," according to Quick.

Peach trees in low-lying areas are the first to be impacted, as temperatures are lowest there. Planting a tree on higher ground is preferred, but when the cold weather comes there is nothing a farmer can do.

"Pray, but I don't live for the negative," said Quick. "I live for the positive; I see all the good that comes out of what I do."

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