28-06-2017 21:25 via ktva.com

Valley farmers adapting to cooler temperatures

Last year at this point in the season, Palmer already had 21 days in the 70s, this year there have only been five.
Farmers in the valley are noticing the cooler temperatures but have learned in Alaska, you have to be ready for anything.
That’s the case for Mark Rempel, who has been farming in Palmer his whole life. He took over Rempel Family Farm from his father who had been harvesting the land since 1959.
In nearly 60 years he’s seen just about everything when it comes to weather, i
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