The drought affecting the Peoria area has caused problems for farmers in the region. If there is not a significant rainfall within the next few weeks, the corn crop will be affected.
There has been plenty of sunshine recently, but the other critical component for plant growth, water, has been nonexistent for the past month or so. Spring Bay farmer Roger Hammer, who owns Hammer’s Farm Market in the Metro Center in Peoria, talked about the challenges presented by the drought.
“The crops are late, some of them like my radishes didn’t do too well from the lack of rain, some stuff is going to be late because you might have to replant it, and the lack of rain makes the ground really hard to try to work it to keep the weeds and stuff out as well,” Hammer said.
According to Peoria County Farm Bureau Manager Patrick Kirchhofer, the next few weeks will determine how crops will fare, especially corn.
Source: centralillinoisproud.com
Photo Credit: GettyImages-WiyadaA
Categories: Illinois, Weather