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A fraction of an inch of rain doesn’t help much during drought.
Local Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) manager Tom Taylor says that’s all that fell where he lives at Old Hollow near Sperryville. The rain Sunday night left 3/10 inch of precipitation, according to Taylor.
But Taylor says local officials are trying to do something about the drought.
Rappahannock supervisors will receive a recommendation at their September 7 meeting to seek a drought disaster declaration from the governor. Taylor says a letter is being written after a meeting last week between Taylor, extension agent Birgitt Thornhill, board of supervisors chairman Richard Latham, and Soil Conservation Service agent Lou Walters.
The four felt Rappahannock should proceed towards seeking disaster status. Taylor says there has been at least a 30 percent county wide average reduction in yield this year because the temperature has been higher than normal for longer times. Recent temperatures topping 100, record high minimum temperatures since mid-summer, and the continued dry
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