By Daniel Grant Farm Week The expanding drought and crop condition ratings continue to trend in opposite directions as many farmers nervously await what should be the pivotal corn pollination period. All 102 counties in Illinois are now fully engulfed in drought and abnormally dry conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. Nearly one-third […]
While a “severe” drought in the Woodstock area has been hard on farms, lawns, and gardens, it has had an upside – no mosquitoes. “We have not received any complaints [about mosquitoes],” said Christina Betz, the city’s director of Public Works. About 4 inches of rain in late June improved northern Illinois drought conditions from […]
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