Hot Weather Ruining Veggies
Posted Jul 25, 2012 01:02:45 PM.
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This hot summer weather, while great for a tan, will soon be hitting you harder in the wallet.
The price of vegetables and other produce could soon be on the rise because of the almost drought-like conditions seen in Southern Ontario so far this summer.
Operations Manager at Herrles Farm and Country Market, Trevor Herrle-Braun tells 570 News 2012 has indeed been a very dry year, that even the winter was milder than normal, and they had to start irrigating plants in the early spring. He says in a normal year that wouldn’t happen until at least July.
Herrle-Braun says while they have been able to water vegetable crops it’s the field crops, like corn, that can’t be irrigated that are suffering the most.
South of the border, farmers in the US, the world’s largest corn grower and exporter, have seen their crops decimated by the worst drought in decades, sending corn prices soaring to record levels.
Relief appears to be on the way for much of Southern Ontario, as Environment Canada is calling for rain Wednesday night, with scattered showers expected until Saturday.
Herrle-Braun says if its not a good soaking of rain for an extended period of time it will be too late to save the majority of field crops.
