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Local farmers still harvesting after rough year

Jan 14, 2020 at 08:33 AM CST

"To do the same job, everything takes longer when it's cold and snowy. Everything just takes more fuel, grease, propane, everything!" Brady Kellerman said. Usually by now, most farmers are out of the fields and preparing for next year. However, back-to-back years of wet falls with early snow stopped farmers' plans in their tracks. "We thought, 'Well, we won't get that two years in a row.' Well, this year we got it even worse. It's not ideal," Kellerman said.