With the above-average rainfall impacting fields and crops earlier this summer, area farmers are starting to see the benefits of sunshine and warmer temperatures in July. Rich Olson of Olson Family Farm is optimistic that the late season planting of corn and soybeans can make up for lost ground.
Olson says the corn stalks in the area could use some hot, dry weather to spur a growth spurt. He estimates that crops are one to two weeks behind schedule. Areas of Door County have picked up just over one inch of rain so far in July, including in Egg Harbor and less than a tenth of an inch in Sister Bay, according to Enviroweather.com.
