Tag: farmers
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New Jersey farmers struggle amid stubborn drought conditions
Chatsworth, New Jersey — At the age of 78, Stephen Lee III is facing an uncertain future. Six generations of his family have farmed 135 acres of cranberry bogs in South Jersey. “In farming, you don’t know what’s next,” Lee said. In the last four months, it has only rained about three inches at the…
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New Jersey farmers face uncertainty amid drought
New Jersey farmers face uncertainty amid drought – CBS News Watch CBS News Before temperatures dip to single digits, the cranberry bogs at the Lee Brothers Cranberry Farm in South Jersey will have to be flooded to keep the fragile buds from drying out amid unprecedented drought conditions. Elaine Quijano explains. Be the first to…