Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 9/13/15


This has been the hottest and driest year 30-year-old Russell Hedrick has faced in his four years of full-time farming. As his corn neared the dent state, Hedrick had only received four inches of rain. Without cover crops, he said his corn and soybeans wouldn’t be worth harvesting.

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