A Northern Kentucky farmer has found a way to beat the heat, but he has other concerns.
to beat our dry conditions, but now he’s concerned about our record-breaking heat.9 news reporter tony mirones explains how temperatures are putting local produce at risk and what that means for prices. ((ambient country nats)) down IN PETERSBURG, KY,Rod Stephenson/Sweet Corn Farmer “Just sweet corn, that’s about all we do.”ROD STEPHENSON HAS been working the fields his WHOLE LIFE.Rod Stephenson/Sweet Corn Farmer”I like watching it grow, WHAT’S BEEN GROWING LATELYa& HIS FRUSTRATIONRod Stephenson/Sweet Corn Farmer “but when it gets this time of year when you don’t have no rain or nothing, then it’s not too good.”STEPHENSON HAS THE answer to the lack of rain. (Nats of irrigation)Rod Stephenson/Sweet Corn Farmer “The well is down there in that bottom and it’ll pump like a30 gallon a minute, and we can water the whole farm that way.”THE WATER WILL keep the stalks healthy, but the heat wi
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