September 26, 2024
This farmer on Robinson Road is one of many around Union County, specifically in the southern portion, who have already started pulling crops out of the field. It’s the earliest start to the local harvest season many farmers can remember. A historically dry summer has led to fears about this year’s crop yield. The potentially low production, combined with low crop prices could mean many local farmers will struggle financially. (Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
A crop of stress
By Mac Cordell, Marysville J-T Reporter
Farmers around Union County are bracing for a difficult year. Drought conditions in Ohio, combined with low crop prices have created what Wayne Dellinger with the Ohio State University’s Union County Extension Office calls “kind of the perfect storm.”
“It’s adding a lot of stress to the farmers. Hopefully they have the means to weather the storm,” Dellinger said. Ethan Nicol, a farmer in Chuckery, near the Union-Madison County line hopes so, too.
“It is going to be a tough financial situation for the next year, maybe two years, for farmers around here,” Nicol said.
Union County farmers said the season actually started ver…
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