Area producers talk drought, derecho at Monday commission meeting

A large group of area producers attended the Carter County Commission meeting on Monday in Ekalaka to explain to the commissioners the current drought situation they are facing. In addition to drought, producers at the meeting spoke about how grasshoppers have devastated crops and pastures this year, and also how the storm event on July 13th that swept through the area caused severe damage to not only their homes and outbuildings, but also to crops and rangeland.

Many have referred to the July 13th storm as a derecho. A derecho is a widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with bands of ra...