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Drought: Farmers dig deeper, water tables drop, competition heats up

Outlet: The Christian Science Monitor

August 8, 2012

The long-term drought that is unlocking disaster aid for 40 percent of America’s most fertile hillocks and valleys has turned central Georgia into what Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan called in July “the toughest place in the country.”

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