Severe drought in Monroe County equates to loss in local yield, economy
As of June 5, the Indiana State Climate Office declared 68.8 percent of Monroe County in a state of severe drought. Farmers are utilizing a number of strategies to avoid reliving the disaster of 1988. Indiana lost $40 million in crop-related expenditures that year after the largest wildfires in U.S. history started after a drought in Yellowstone National Park.











