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Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images The brutal heatwave that hit the Pacific Northwest in June devastated several farms in Washington that grow sweet onions, with some seeing nearly all of their crops ruined. Scientists say the extreme heat event was due to climate change. Onions can thrive in warm weather, but when the temperature hit 120 degrees, Fernando Enriquez Sr. of Enriquez Farms in Walla Walla saw that the tops of his onions were blistered and baked. By the next day, the thousands of onions in the field that hadn t been harvested were ruined, as were most of the seeds that would have been used to plant next year s crop. There was nothing we could save, he told ....
Some Borderland farmers benefited from recent rain, others didn’t ANTHONY, New Mexico The recent rain has had many of us rejoicing, including plenty of farmers. But not all are reaping the same rewards. “It’s helped us because we need it,” Adolfo Enriquez, owner of Enriquez Farms said. “We’re very dry, but it hasn’t helped us because it’s postponed a lot of our work last week. I think we worked one maybe two days.” Enriquez told ABC-7 they’re at a standstill now until the wetness dries out. On their alfalfa, cotton and grass farm in Anthony, the rain would have been most beneficial going to Elephant Butte so they could have seen a larger water allotment this season. ....