Drought persists in South Plains, Panhandle region

Severe or exceptional drought consumed many counties in the South Plains and Texas Panhandle, persisting with 222 counties, including Castro County, across the state under burn bans, and crops and cattle suffering in the midst of high heat and lack of rain. Of the top 18 corn growing states, D4 exceptional drought is now present in the four – Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado –...

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