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After back to back WHHIP (P) days on the farm, today’s dew point drop is sweet as… When Heat & Humidity Impact Production (& Profitability) - we typically have 5-6 WHHIP days a year on the farm, some summer’s less, last year we had heaps. Basically they’re any day where we need to drastically alter the scope of fieldwork to manage over heating. Thankfully they typically come in batches of 2 or 3, so we can get back on pace easily once the heat or humidity break. We’ll extend shade breaks earlier in the day, push sports drinks and electrolytes, focus on low physical effort tasks during peak heat (yesterday we seeded in the shade by the gh) and take longer lunch breaks. If harvest season is really cranking we’ll sometimes start early, though that is less common, as I can adjust evening work to add harvest hours there. Weekend offers very pleasant if warm conditions for fieldwork. Been a minute since we’ve received a decent rain shower, last one didn’t even push past the zucchini leaves…maybe Sunday evening.

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