Source: Hannah Jeffries, WITN, 6/15/21

Scorching temperatures in the western part of our nation are bringing heat to our pocketbooks. “The imbalance of the supply and demand will only drive the price higher,” said the Chair of ECU’s Economics Department, Professor Haiyong Liu. Wildfires and drought conditions are consuming many places on the west coast. “Without water the crops are not gonna grow. They’re not going to be reproductive, they’re not going to reproduce,” said James Sprunt Community College Agriculture Instructor...

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