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restricted sodium diets. The city has opened emergency sodium-free water distribution stations. Voluntary water-use restrictions have been instituted in many other municipalities.
Statewide agriculture reports varied, according to the update. Corn was reported very poor except in the southwestern mountains. Some farmers have begun to graze livestock on or “green chop’’ their corn fields. Pastureland and hay conditions are “dismal”. The report notes that many farmers are feeding scarce hay to livestock or “were forced ... to sell livestock because of inadequate pastures.” Apples and peaches were said to be in “fair to good condition (although) the fruit has sized small due to the lack of moisture.”
According to the drought update, information from the Geological Survey indicates that streamflows from all but two monitoring stations in the state report “flows in the lower 25 percent of historical monthly flows for J uly. ” The flows were highest in the area west of the Blue Ridge and showed the greatest deviation (low
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