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Friday, November 3rd, 2023
 
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What the hot, dry year did for local farmers

By ADAM DAIGLE l Acadiana Business Editor​ ​ ​

Welcome back to another edition of Acadiana Business Today. It's Friday. Let's get cracking with some business news. 

As a mother and a farmer, Lilli Voorhies has a lot on her plate in a good year. This year, with its extreme weather conditions — a late freeze in March and an exceptionally dry, hot summer — pushed her Lafayette farm to its limits.

Her first crop of lima beans, which she grows for seed production, selling the seeds to a company in North Carolina, died in the unexpected freeze. Over the summer, she struggled to keep dormant plants like cucumbers alive. Crops planted from seed wouldn’t germinate in the hot, dry clay.

“It’s been a financial hit, it’s been a customer relations hit and not being able to feed our community is a really big deal to me,” Voorhies said.

Read the full story here.

Have a great weekend and see you here Monday. 

 
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