EASTON, Md. - Farmers say it's been a rollercoaster dealing with sporadic wet and dry weather this Spring and Summer. For farmers along the Mid-shore especially, many of their crops are yielding an all time low in prices.
Farmers like Garrett Luthy of Cambridge know it's nearing time to harvest for many of his soybeans that were planted earlier in May. Luthy says it's been a tough year for soybeans.
"There's no sense in stomping my feet at this point," Luthy said. "A lot of this is out of my control which is really what I signed up for when I decided to farm."
Inches of rain in the Spring drowned out many of Luthy's crops, forcing him to replant. The drought that followed, Luthy says, didn't help.
Greg Gannon, a farmer at C.H. Gannon and Sons in Easton, says, like soybeans, the price of corn isn't handing over much green.
"Corn is sort of a mixed bag," Gannon said. "It's not very good given the cost of inputs and producing a crop today. No matter what you're yielding, $3.50 is a low price for corn."
And with a slow start to harvests, some farmers like Luthy say they're ready to turn over a new leaf and plant again for next year.
Luthy and Gannon also say farmers in the mid-west had better seasons, driving up supply and lowering prices.
If weather cooperates, both farmers are hopeful their harvests will end on a good note this year.
