Lack of Rain Starting to Strain Kentucky Agriculture
Official information from the U.S. Drought Monitor lists more than a third of Kentucky as abnormally dry and about a quarter of the state in moderate drought. | Photo: University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture
Just six or seven months ago, Kentucky was dealing with overabundant rainfall and soaked pastures, but now things are close to bone dry. Kentucky needs rain, and fast.

“Unfortunately, we’ve been seeing many reports that the dry conditions we seem to be stuck in are putting stress on our farmers,” said Matthew Dixon, agricultural meteorologist for the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. “Kentucky is officially in agricultural drought, and now some reports indicate hydrologic drought is starting to develop.”

These conditions are not new to Kentucky’s farmers—they understand the state’s variable and sometimes extreme weather fluctuations—but it doesn’t make them any easier to deal with on the farm.

Official information from the U.S. Drought Monitor lists more than a third of Kentucky as abnormally dry and about a quarter of the state in moderate drought

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