Extreme June temperatures strain local farmers
Local growers discuss challenges to summer crop season.
Posted: Jun 30, 2021 10:37 PM
Updated: Jul 1, 2021 4:39 AM
Posted By: Alek LaShomb
Various companies set up their tents, hoping to attract potential buyers.
Among those at the market was Andrew Serio of Serio Farms.
Serio could be seen selling various products, such as tomatoes and cucumbers.
Serio said the recent unpredictable weather has caused difficulties with his farming, which first began with a crop frosting in late May, followed by a June drought that has dried up the midwest. There is going to be some certain vendors or some things that will be affected greatly by the shortage of rain but then other things will hopefully come back. We got some rain but if it dries back out again, then yeah, we will be hurting but I think it is going to come back around, Serio said.
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Monica Brossard and her younger sister, Carmen, work at the Monica s Lefse & Preserves stand during the Feb. 6 Rochester Farmers Market. (Noah Fish / Agweek)
ROCHESTER, Minn. The high temperature during the first weekend Rochester Farmers Market in February was 2 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in La Crosse, Wis., The Rochester community is very hardy, said Abby Shepler, manager of the Rochester Farmers Market, on Feb. 6. We re still going to get out here and support local farmers when we can, despite any weather.