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Report: Dry weather ongoing concern for La., Miss.
07/15/08 - 01:25 PM
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Report: Dry weather ongoing concern for La., Miss.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A new report rates soil moisture at short or very short in over half of Louisiana and Mississippi, stoking farmers’ concerns about their hay and grain crops.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its weekly crop report,
reiterated Louisiana ranchers’ complaints about declining pasture
and hay conditions - a complaint that’s turned up repeatedly in
reports this summer. For the week that ended Sunday, pasture
conditions were rated 73 percent fair or good, 20 percent poor or
very poor and 7 percent excellent.
The U.S. Drought Monitor last week showed a patch of moderate
drought in northeast Louisiana and abnormally dry conditions in all
but the southeastern toe of the boot - a situation virtually
unchanged since mid-June.
Conditions in Mississippi have improved since then, though last
week’s drought tracker showed abnormally dry conditions across much
of the state and a small area of moderate drought in the southwest.
The Agriculture Department says Mississippi farmers are
predicting lower-than-expected yields on their corn, due to the dry
conditions.

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