Miniature ears of corn in Columbus County, North Carolina
7/15/2024 8:36:14 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
AFFECTED AREAS:
Columbus County, NC
Start Date: 7/12/2024
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Some of the ears of corn in Columbus County were about the size of a man’s finger after the rain stopped in June, leaving the corn stalks to turn burnt gold. Some of the soybeans and peanuts have also “baked in the dirt” just like the corn. The pasture was not growing in the dry heat, so a farmer had to buy feed for his cattle.
The farmers find the loss of the crops very painful and discouraging as well as a tremendous financial strain.
“It’s all so personal,” a farmer said. “You take the time, you prepare the soil, you do all these things to try to protect it. Then something totally not under your control comes through and takes all that away.”
Border Belt Independent (Elizabethtown, N.C.), July 12, 2024
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