Source: Mackensy Lunsford, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 12/4/16

Hickory Nut Gap Farm straddles the Buncombe and Henderson county lines. On the U.S. Drought Monitor map, it sits on a ring of extreme drought, encircling a bull's-eye of exceptional drought targeting the far westernmost parts of North Carolina and nearby Southeastern states. Last week, 2-4 inches of rain fell in a band from northeast Texas to southern Indiana, and across parts of central Alabama to central Georgia, as cold fronts passed through the region, according to USDM data…

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