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Rain, cold bring headaches for Northwest farmers
TANGENT, Ore. (AP) — Dennis Glaser's farm should be abuzz with activity, with his tractors in the field and three John Deere combines churning out premium Oregon grass seed.
But the combines sit idle in a garage, and Glaser has plenty of time to show around some visitin g golf course managers. That's because, while most of the United States suffers from oppressive heat, Oregon remains far too cold and wet to dry out Glaser's crops.
Across the Pacific Northwest, farmers like Glaser are nervously watching their bottom lines as they cope with a year of cool, damp weather that has caused late cherry crops, spoiled peaches and the threat that world-class grass seed could fail to dry out and germinate before it reaches the market.
"I don't recall it ever being quite this bad," said Glaser, 64, who farms land that's been in his family since the year before he was born. "We've had wet springs, but it usually stops at some point on the way."
Not this year. Oregon grass seed is at least 10 days behind, and more rain would delay it further. Next week's forecast shows some cloudy days.
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Rain, cold bring headaches for Northwest farmers
USA Today(AP) — Dennis Glaser's farm should be abuzz with activity, with his tractors in the field and three John Deere combines churning out premium Oregon grass seed. But the combines sit idle in a garage, and Glaser has plenty of time to show around some Tough times may be ahead for Northwest farmersall 208 news articles »
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Cool, wet weather causes headaches for farmers Dennis Glaser's farm should be abuzz with activity, with his tractors in the field and three John Deere combines churning out premium Oregon grass seed. But the combines sit idle in a garage, and Glaser has plenty of time to show around some visiting |
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Rain, cold bring headaches for Northwest farmers
2011 3:22 AM By The Associated Press JONATHAN J. COOPER (Associated Press) (AP) -- Dennis Glaser's farm should be abuzz with activity, with his tractors in the field and three John Deere combines churning out premium Oregon grass seed. and more »
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As US braves oppressive heat, cold and rain brings headaches for farmers in ... The region's world-class grass seed won't dry out. ( Rick Bowmer / Associated Press ) - In this photo taken July 22, 2011, Dennis Glaser, 64, of Tangent, Ore., stands in his field of premium rye grass in Tangent, Ore. Across the Northwest, farmers like |
