The Brief
- Kewaskum farmer Jason Fideler said frost, record April rain, the driest May on record and high diesel prices have challenged this year’s crop.
- Fideler said his family has used a makeshift irrigation system to help protect strawberries, raspberries and apples from dry conditions.
- Several local farmers markets are open this weekend, including markets in Oak Creek, Waukesha, West Allis, Milwaukee and Greenfield.
KEWASKUM, Wis. – Most local farmers markets will be up and running by this weekend, but getting crops to market has been challenging for some Wisconsin farmers.
What we know:
At Fideler Farm in Kewaskum, rows of strawberries, raspberries and apples have been tested by a spring of extremes.
Jason Fideler said his family has put plenty of sweat equity into the farm’s strawberry fields since 1979, especially this year.…