Hi, thanks for your question. The difficulty this year is definitly the amount of rain. My neighbors farm is not vegan grown, and he is having the same issues. The only difference is we do not add any animal compost. We get our green fertilizer from clover and rye, at the beginning and at the end of the season, and its just as nutrient dense, if not more. The only crops that seem to be doing well this year is corn, but they seem to be smaller than usual. Nature will be nature. :-)