Crops, livestock in peril as drought spreads

Published July 3, 2012 5:29pm ET



NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A blistering start to summer coming at the end of a spring that was short on rainfall has imperiled Tennessee crops and made livestock production harder.

This week’s report from the U.S. Agriculture Department listed 94 percent of the state’s cropland short or very short on topsoil moisture.

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