Farmers, from left, Harry Guimond, Matt Perkins, Kaleb Bridgham and Harold Bridgham unload a hay wagon Wednesday on the Bridgham Farm in Minot. Harold Bridgham says, “This has been the worst hay year I have ever had by a long shot.” The 10th-generation farmer says that he produced about half as many bales of hay this year compared to last year. The wet summer prevented farmers from accessing their fields, says Kaleb Bridgham. “We produced well, but that does not matter if you can’t get to it. It takes three days of sun to make good hay and we have not had many three-day stretches,” says Kaleb Bridgham, the 11th-generation farmer in the family. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Bash rides with Harold Bridgham while harvesting hay Wednesday on the Bridgham Farm in Minot. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Farmers Matt Perkins, center, and Harry Guimond unload a hay wagon Wednesday on the Bridgham Farm in Minot. Harold Bridgham, driving the tractor, says, “This has been the worst hay year I have ever had by a long shot.” The 10th-generation farmer says that he produced about half as many bales of hay this year compared to last year. The wet summer prevented farmers from accessing their fields, says Kaleb Bridgham. “We produced well, but that does not matter if you can’t get to it. It takes three days of sun to make good hay and we have not had many three-day stretches,” says Kaleb Bridgham, the 11th-generation farmer in the family. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Harold Bridgham unloads a hay wagon Wednesday on the Bridgham Farm in Minot. He says, “This has been the worst hay year I have ever had by a long shot.” The 10th-generation farmer says that he produced about half as many bales of hay this year compared to last year. The wet summer prevented farmers from accessing their fields, says Kaleb Bridgham. “We produced well, but that does not matter if you can’t get to it. It takes three days of sun to make good hay and we have not had many three-day stretches,” says Kaleb Bridgham, the 11th-generation farmer in the family. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal