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CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Across a vast expanse of the South spanning from Texas to Maryland, there are growing concerns for the cattle, cotton and corn amid a worsening drought that has been fueled this past summer by record hot temperatures.
One of the bullseyes marking the nation’s driest areas is Bartow County,
Georgia, where extreme drought conditions have kicked up buckets of dust and left cattle pastures bare.
The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor report shows the county is among the
hardest-hit areas in more than 12 Southern states where more than 45 million residents are living in some type of drought conditions.
Now, farmers are concerned about the long-term outlook as late October is
typically among the driest periods in the South.
A new drought report is expected later Thursday showing how far it has spread.
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