BERLIN – Wet weather, followed by small yields and low prices, made the year a challenging one for local farmers.
Members of the local agriculture community said a variety of issues, the most obvious of which was the seemingly endless rain this area experienced, made 2018 a difficult year for farmers.
“A couple years like this in a row and we’ll be in trouble,” said Alan Hudson, president of the Worcester County Farm Bureau.
Local farmers measured anywhere between 60 and 70 inches of rainfall so far in 2018. Typically, Worcester County gets slightly more than 40 inches of rain in a year.
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ReplyDeleteMost will be happy when we do close the books on 2018 in a few weeks. Hopefully a normal type weather pattern will make all feel better in 2019!
ReplyDeleteContractors also have been affected and have lost money.
ReplyDeleteWildfire smoke caused the more than usual rainfall.
ReplyDeleteLook, the geoengineering operations are designed to benefit the farmers - not the other way around.
ReplyDeleteBy reflecting the sunlight back into space the program will help prevent the warming of the earth.
This warming affect hampers farming practices.
Some people need to wake up and realize that modern technologies can mitigate natures errors.