Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 10/6/17

In the latest drought monitor released Thursday by the Drought Mitigation Center, North Carolina’s abnormally dry conditions expanded last week from 15.73% of the state in abnormally dry conditions to almost 36%.  The area of expansion is across the northern Piedmont, including a small portion of the northern Coastal Plain, as well westward, beyond I-85.  

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