Source: SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 6/14/22

 In addition to the hot weather, the eastern part of North Carolina is also dealing with drought conditions, which are making things hard for farmers. Brooks Barnes is a second-generation farmer with about 3,000 acres in Wilson County. When he walks through some of his tobacco fields, he sees a lot of crunchy dry leaves at the bottom of the plants right now. “They’re not supposed to be like that at all,” Barnes said. “This would be marketable product for us to sell, and it’s basically shot to crap. It’s no good.”

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