How does daylight saving time affect local farmers?

Daylight saving time started in 1918 as a way to help with World War 1, but many believe it also was made to benefit farmers.

Local farmers say losing an hour for daylight saving time in the spring only helps some produce, and can make things trickier before clocks turn back in the fall.

“You have to pick your products still, but then we're going to be delayed for two hours because we have to wait two hours for the sun to come and dry everything up,” said Norma Romero, who sells produce at Bautista Family Farms.

Romero says if some produce is wet when harvested, it can cause it to rot.

She adds that if California didn’t gain an hour in the fall with daylight saving, their operating schedule would be behind, potentially causing a loss in sales.

“Keeping the daylight savings would be so