Corn and tomatoes are both water hogs on the farm. But in North Carolina’s continuing drought, the first crop suffered heavy losses for the second consecutive year, while the latter prospered. That’s the nature of farming, perhaps, but at least for some growers hit hard by the drought, help may come not from rain but […]
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The water squeeze is on
Much of Western North Carolina fell under the two most severe categories of drought — exceptional and extreme — in the June 19 advisory from the U.S. Drought Monitor of North Carolina. And all 100 counties in the state fell under one of the five drought categories, with response actions strongly urged.