This year’s soggy spring and summer have been a major headache for farmers in the Pontiac. Pictured, a small lagoon forms in a field in Clarendon.
Caleb Nickerson
PONTIAC July 19, 2017
Pontiac is known as a region with a strong agricultural sector but this year’s weather has been anything but hospitable to local farmers. Heavy rain, flooding and below average temperatures have made a mess of fields and forced schedules back by weeks. The Equity caught up with several farmers from across the region to see how they were dealing with the curveball that Mother Nature has thrown them.
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