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Farmers Blame Rain & Cool Temps For Corn Crop Delay
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People who enjoy eating locally grown sweet corn will likely have to wait for it a little bit longer than usual. That's because the late spring and early summer in the north country has seen too much in the way of rain and cool temperatures. Almeda Grandjean, who has a farm in the town of Adams, planted 15 acres of sweet corn in May. She says some of the crop rotted in the ground. Much of the corn that did grow isn't as tall as it should be and the leaves are yellowish rather than green. "It's really too wet and we need the sun to bring the color back," said Grandjean. She says local residents will probably have to wait until mid-August rather than the beginning of August to find locally-grown sweet corn. |
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