Area Farmers Cope with Heat, Little Rain
When Mother Nature is stingy with rain, area farms make their own.
This summer's extreme heat and lack of rain has caused some crops to be ready earlier than expected, but hasn't negatively affected crops as much as heavy rain would. At Shady Brook Farm in Lower Makefield, farmer Paul Fleming said warmer weather has meant that crops have been ready for the picking sooner than usual, but otherwise have fared well. “Our sweet corn is doing fairly decent,” he said. “It has a really good flavor and quality this year.” The artificial rain that farmers live by is that of irrigation, and for the most part, they contend that the lines pumping water during dry spells do the trick to keep the crops going. The farm’s large irrigation system has played a large role this year in keeping the corn crops at the over 200…
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