Farmers Cope with Drought

Posted on: 10:50 pm, August 10, 2012, by , updated on: 10:58pm, August 10, 2012

By Doug Munnell, Fox 8 News Producer

This summer’s historic drought continues to wreak havoc on crops, most notably corn.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected a massive slump in the corn harvest by as much as 2.2 billion bushels.

The dry weather has affected farmers all around the U.S., including those here in northeast Ohio.

Watch the video above as Fox 8 photojournalist Ali Ghanbari takes a closer look at how they are coping.

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