“I heard their friend on speaker phone saying something to the effect, ‘I’m really, really cold and I don’t know how much farther I can walk I can’t feel my feet.’”
Hit or miss: Area farmers look to the skies as region is in moderate to severe drought
During the span of June 26-28, some farmers south of Worthington had 3 to 4 inches of rain, while others in eastern, central Nobles County registered just a few tenths of an inch. 9:15 pm, Jul. 2, 2021 ×
A farmer applies herbicide to a field of soybeans north of Luverne on June 22, 2021, not far from Touch The Sky Prairie. (Tim Middagh/The Globe)
REGIONAL A series of rain showers over the last week have certainly been a godsend for farmers, but the moisture is far from enough to bring much of the area out of an ongoing drought.