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Rain doesn't stop WV from staying 'abnormally dry'

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By David Iversen, Reporter - bio | email
The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows "abnormally dry" conditions in most of the state. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows "abnormally dry" conditions in most of the state.

Rainfall did not stop parts of West Virginia from remaining "abnormally dry," according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Three quarters of the top soil remain ranked as "poor," according to a news release sent from the Department of Agriculture. 

"I have requested farmers to keep detailed records of drought-related losses in the hope that Congress restores emergency funding to the Farm Bill that's currently under consideration," said Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass in the news release.

"Farming is the most important industry in this country," Commissioner Douglass was quoted in the release. "First, it provides the food we all rely upon each day. Second, it is among our most-important exports, regardless of the condition of the world economy at any given time. And third, it represents the finest of American ideals: ingenuity, hard work and service to others. As a nation, we must do what it takes to get these family businesses through this potentially ruinous natural disaster."

For more information on the drought monitor, click here.