Virginia Farmers Brace for Drought as Hot, Dry Weather Persists
June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024
RICHMOND, Virginia, June 21 -- The Virginia Farm Bureau issued the following news:
While summer drought conditions are not uncommon in pockets of Virginia, farmers statewide are expressing concern about the forecast. An ongoing string of hot days with low humidity will likely affect their crops.
Those abnormally dry drought conditions are persistent throughout the commonwealth, according to a recent crop progress report (https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Vir . . .
While summer drought conditions are not uncommon in pockets of Virginia, farmers statewide are expressing concern about the forecast. An ongoing string of hot days with low humidity will likely affect their crops.
Those abnormally dry drought conditions are persistent throughout the commonwealth, according to a recent crop progress report (https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Vir . . .