Northeastern farmers face new challenges with severe drought
Associated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill. Mann said there’s evidence shown by his research at Penn State University that climate change is leading to a “stuck jet stream” pattern. “I think we’re probably going to be in this for a while and it’s going to take a lot,” said Ted Diers, assistant director of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services water division. “We haven’t seen anything since.” Farmers are fighting more than the drought — inflation is driving up the cost of everything, from diesel and equipment parts to fertilizer and pesticides, Adams added. “Farming is challenging,” Kemp said, “and it’s becoming even more challenging as climate change takes place.”
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