SOUTHWEST MISSOURI — Even after the Ozarks saw the heaviest rain in about a month and a half Sunday evening, farmers in the area say the long period of heat will still affect crops going into the fall and winter.
The storm on Sunday produced about a ¼ of an inch of rain for Curtis Millsap, owner of Millsap Farms in Springfield. Millsap said that before the rain, he had to irrigate his vegetable, fruit and flower plants all day and all night. Even then, many of his crops did not survive.
“We have multiple beds of radishes that never germinated,” he said. “If I were just to try and ballpark what it’s cost us this summer, I would guess it’s in the realm of $10,000 of losses.”…