On the Lutz Family Farm, berry-picking season arrived more than a week early this year, all because of the heavy rainfall that the Dane County region received this spring.
Mia Bapzorig, left, of Oregon, and her daughter, Michelle, 10, pick strawberries at Carandale Fruit Farm in Oregon. On Tuesday, the farm announced an "abrupt end" to its strawberry-picking season, due to the heavy rains.
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Sydney Flick, with the Jazzy Jerseys farm near Lodi, said she's grateful that 2024 hasn't been like last year's extreme drought but that the wet conditions have been particularly hard on the farm's alfalfa crop.
Mitchell Endres, with Jazzy Jerseys, cuts alfalfa on a neighbor's farm Tuesday in Lodi. Abundant rain has helped many of this year's crops, but harvesting alfalfa requires some dry weather.
Sydney Flick, with the Jazzy Jerseys farm near Lodi, said she's grateful that 2024 hasn't been like last year's extreme drought but that the wet conditions have been particularly hard on the farm's alfalfa crop.
Mia Bapzorig, left, of Oregon, and her daughter, Michelle, 10, pick strawberries at Carandale Fruit Farm in Oregon. On Tuesday, the farm announced an "abrupt end" to its strawberry-picking season, due to the heavy rains.
Mitchell Endres, with Jazzy Jerseys, cuts alfalfa on a neighbor's farm Tuesday in Lodi. Abundant rain has helped many of this year's crops, but harvesting alfalfa requires some dry weather.
