Nearly two months of no rain and counting

Michigan farmers say this season is one of the driest they’ve ever experienced. 

Bill Hunt farms 11,000 acres across four counties in eastern Michigan and tells Brownfield this has been the driest growing season he’s seen in 50 years of farming.

“I was surprised how many spots in certain fields have just burnt right up and those are on really sandy soils—there’s no yield there now,” he shares.  “There might be something, but virtually nothing.

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