Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 5/29/15

In the latest drought monitor released by USDA on Thursday for conditions through Monday, May 25th, North Carolina’s abnormally dry conditions increased from 10 ¾% last week to just over 49% this week.  From roughly I-85 to the Tennessee border is now reporting abnormally dry conditions, the eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain remain drought free.

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