Drought in southwest Kansas wheat fields is worst since Dust Bowl

“This time of year … the wheat fields should be green and lush and growing and they’re not,” said Aaron Harries, director of marketing for Kansas Wheat. “The fields are scattered with spots of green, most of the crop has withered up and died. It looks like a desert.”

Harries said the rainfall deficits in those areas are the most severe since the 1930s Dust Bowl days.

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