Tag: Hot

  • Summer Heat, Crop Stress, and the Curious Disappearance of Rain

    Summer Heat, Crop Stress, and the Curious Disappearance of Rain

    Here in Western Pennsylvania, summer has made itself known. After another abnormally wet spring, we’ve suddenly hit a wall — mid-June rolls in, and the rain just… stops. The past couple years have followed this same pattern: saturated fields through May, then weeks of dry heat with barely a cloud in sight. For farmers trying…