Federal Drought Relief Policies Leave Some Farmers Out to Dry

By Harshawn Ratanpal

WWNO-FM 89.9

On a recent fall day, as Wilburn Harris did the rounds on his cattle farm in the Missouri town of Drexel, he was met with brown grass, cracked soil and half-empty ponds.

He was used to it. Last year’s drought was so bad, he had to haul water and hay to his farm to keep the animals fed and watered.

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