HADLEY, Mass. -  Plainville Farm is one of several western Massachusetts farms working to recover from damage caused by the heavy rainfall in July.

Owner Wally Czajkowski said he got a payment from the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund, which was given out to over 200 applicants last week through the Healey-Driscoll Administration and the United Way of Central Massachusetts.

"The resilience money came in last week," Czajkowski said. "It was $10,000, which was a lot of money and we really appreciate it and we spent it already because that's three days' payroll this time of year when we're harvesting."

Czajkowski said the money is not enough to make up for all of the damage the Hadley farm has faced this year.

"The cucumbers weren't too bad, but we had them on a really sandy field that was on a slope so the water ran off," he said. "But the watermelons right here at the farm, the pickle cubs they're on the flat field and they just got hammered. Then the winter squash is butternut, acorn, kabochas, spaghetti, delicata, honey nut. Some fields are ok, some fields are complete losses."

Czajkowski said Plainville Farm has property in several towns, so some areas were not hit as hard by rainfall as others. But he said the frequent rainfall this season are causing plenty of issues.

"We got it Friday," Czajkowski said. "We got a lot. The ground just can't absorb anymore. It is saturated and the crops can't take anymore stress. They're just maxed out with water stress."

Despite losing what he says is about half his field, Czajkowski still expects to have a decent harvest. 

"We do have product and it's going to look good," he said. "And hopefully going to taste good and what I've eaten so far has tasted good. And to me, that's more important than looks. We may not be able to store it as long as usual, but we're going to go as long as we can."