Early snow: Yet another hit for farmers this year

TROWBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Farmers are suffering what experts say is “unprecedented” difficulty due to an unusually unfavorable weather pattern impacting Michigan.

Soybean and corn farmer Jon Drozd, co-owner of Drozd Farms, says he has seen nothing like it in his 40 years working in the industry.

Farmers were first hit with unusually wet weather in the spring, which forced them to delay planting their crops for the year. That meant the harvest was pushed back.

In some cases, farmers decided not to plant certain crops or went forward with planting in poor conditions.

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