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Massachusetts' North Shore produce smaller, less bountiful
9/22/2016 8:54:24 PM



CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
AFFECTED AREAS:
Essex County, MA
Danvers, MA
Peabody, MA
Suffolk County, MA
Rockingham County, NH

Start Date: 9/22/2016 -  
Produce grown along the North Shore was smaller and scarcer than usual. A Danvers farmer got less squash, slightly smaller, sweeter tomatoes, and noted that prices were higher as a result. He thought he’d forgo planting a cover crop of winter rye this fall because it probably would not grow. Area corn did not grow, and some orchards produced far less than normal. Apples grown on an orchard in Peabody were small, but okay. The season may end a bit early. A nearby New Hampshire farm was trucking in water daily because their water source went dry. Salem News (Mass.), Sept. 22, 2016
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