<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Yuma, AZ</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">03.14.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/yuma-heat-banner.jpg" alt="images 031313" />The desert deal has felt the wrath of Mother Nature this year. Warm weather put the deal way ahead of schedule. Younger crops still needed warmth to grow when freezing conditions hit in December and sporadically the past few months. Now the weather is taking a turn again as warm temperatures have crept into the region. The weather in Yuma on Thursday presented heat hovering around 90 degrees and by Sunday could see temperatures in the high 90's. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Vegetables in the desert could see sun scalding and further damage complications. Companies still have plenty of product coming out of the area with vegetables that include lettuce, broccoli, and cauliflower.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Growers plant certain items according to weather trends with warmer weather varieties increasing in certain months and cold weather in typically cooler months. But this season has proven temperamental, leaving many growers to deal with the accelerated production followed by freeze. The area recently dealt with widespread rain, strong gusty winds, and frost.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Stay tuned to AndNowUKnow for further news on the weather complications.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
