Illinois farmers are concerned about potential power brownouts and blackouts from increased energy demand.
Len Corzine, who farms near Assumption, tells Brownfield his electric bill has more than doubled and power outages would halt his upcoming harvest.
“Our dryers would have to stop, and we would be delaying our harvest another 2-3 weeks, which in its own could be devastating to getting the crop out of the field.”
He says the impacts would also be devastating to neighboring farms who depend on power to run water to their livestock and irrigation systems.
