With the extremely hot and dry weather that we have been experiencing, some farmers are definitely feeling the effects.
"You can't pump water that isn't there," said Matt Hoxie, the owner of the 3 For 5 Guys produce company. "The bigger guys have irrigation and stuff, but even so, you can't pump water that's not there. Dry is dry."
And dry it is. In the last 30 days, we have seen less than an inch of rainfall. If this keeps up, you may start to see consequences.
"That's going to drive the price up," Hoxie said. "People get used to a certain price at the market and, unfortunately, that may have to change just because of the limited supply of product."
It's irrigation systems that take the potential issue of a drought out of the equation for some local farmers.
"I think it's been a very good growing year for us because it's been dry, so we can control the water," said Tassone Farms Owner/Operator Sam Tassone. "When it rains every day, we can't control it."
The reason that he can control it is Tassone's 200 acres of farmland uses an irrigation system which uses municipal water. And one positive: The dry weather means less disease on the farm.
"On farms, we have the good, the bad and the ugly, every day," Tassone said.
Different crops are also affected differently by this extreme weather.
"It depends on the crop that you have," Tassone said. "Crops are like people: Some like it hot, some like it cold."
And while there is the potential for the amount and size of crops to be impacted, farmers say it won't have any effect on the quality.