Cold weather impacts crops in the Heartland
Cold weather impacts crops in the Heartland By Isabelle Hanson | April 21, 2021 at 6:45 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 6:45 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The unusually cold weather in the Heartland can create challenges for farmers.
“If you were to ask the people who sell cigarettes, whiskey, or antiacids in farm acids, that they sell a lot of those things in April and May. There is a lot of stress,” said Barry Bean, a farmer from Peach Orchard, Missouri who raises mainly cotton, soybeans, rice and corn.
While this spring freeze adds to that stress, Bean said luckily he’s in the clear.