Soil with excess salts make it difficult for any plants to grow.

The Delmarva region has several articles written about the issues we are facing:

Atlantic Article (SWI and farmland): https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/maryland-salt-farms/554663/

DelmarvaNow (SWI and wellwater): https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2015/12/16/officials-eye-saltwater-intrusion/76364998/

DelmarvaNow (SWI and farmland): https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2019/03/29/sea-level-rise-saltwater-intrusion-laying-waste-delmarva-farms/3276897002/

BayJournal (SWI and farmland): https://www.bayjournal.com/news/climate_change/saltwater-intrusion-laying-waste-to-delmarva-farms-as-sea-level-rises/article_0fa5a3f0-21cc-11ea-8cc0-cbf489ef26cc.html

Link to Factsheets and Journal Publications:

https://sites.udel.edu/delmarvasalt/home-page/agriculture-and-salt-issues/ud-extension-factsheets/