A new Texas Department of Agriculture report also points to other factors that are making it harder for Texans to access and afford food, including wages falling behind rising costs of living.
June to October was the 11th-driest such five-month stretch in 128 years for the Upper Missouri and Upper Mississippi basins, according to the National Weather Service.
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