Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 1/27/17

In the latest drought monitor released on Thursday by the Drought Mitigation Center, North Carolina’s drought conditions improved significantly with weekend rains state-wide.  The area of abnormally dry conditions has been reduced from 41% to 27.24%, the area of moderate drought fell from almost 27% to just under 12.5%, the area of severe drought dropped from 12.41% to just under 3%...

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