Missouri’s governor says the ongoing drought has been a major challenge for the state’s farmers, ranchers and commodity groups.
Governor Mike Parson will be attending and speaking at this morning’s drought assessment committee meeting at Jefferson City’s Lewis and Clark state office building. That’s on Riverside drive.
“You’re going to be short on pasture this fall. We’re going to be short on the hay crop by all means it’s probably not even half of what it was. And then prices are going high in some areas and you’ve got row crop,” Parson says.
This morning’s committee meeting, which is open to the public, begins at 10:30. National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Chris Kimble tells 939 the Eagle that Columbia recorded the seventh-driest September on record, with just .53 inches of rainfall. That’s about three-and-a-half inches below normal for the month.
