Just one grower brought produce to the farmers' market in Northfield, Minnesota
6/20/2023 5:07:10 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Carver County, MN
Mayer, MN
Goodhue County, MN
Northfield, MN
Start Date: 6/19/2023
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Only one vegetable grower has brought produce to the Northfield farmers’ market this year. Irrigating to keep the crops going means getting up at 2 a.m. to tend to the irrigation lines. Despite irrigating, she fears a 40% reduction on yields for some crops. The four to five other farmers who typically sell produce there have not brought anything.
A farmer near Mayer, just west of Minneapolis, does not have the ability to irrigate, but is hanging in there and hoping for rain soon.
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Online (Minn.), June 19, 2023
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