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The hot dry weather of this summer continues to take its toll of Virginia agricultural production Commissioner S. Mason Carbaugh of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported last week.
All indications point to a crop loss that will far exceed the earlier estimated $100 million loss for farmers, and may approach twice that amount if rain doesn’t come soon.
Com for grain is a disaster, yields in a large number of cases will not cover the cost of production. Soybeans are now rated in poor condition, peanuts are rated only in fair condition, pasture land and tobacco fields are showing increasing distress.
Compounding the problem are the reports of disease and insect damage. The corn earworm and armywom are
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