This year’s long and record-breaking winter has left many fields of Northwest America either frozen or flooded much later than normal and, as a result, farmers are struggling to get their seeds sown on time.
“We’ve had the longest winter ever,” said Chris Voight, director of the Washington State Potato Commission. “Normally we start planting potatoes the end of February, but this year we weren’t able to start planting until April 1.”
Northwest farmers now need to cram two and a half months’ worth of planting into a single month.
https://electroverse.net/huge-delays-for-northwest-planting-season-weve-had-the-longest-winter-ever/
Thanks to Adoni for this link
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