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Farmers Still Feeling The Pinch

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PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Last weeks heat wave has many local farmers now feeling the pinch. Sun-dried crops have plagued the Eastern Shore, with many farmers taking drastic measures to save their investments. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, 49 percent of corn in Maryland is in less than good quality.

"Its been kind of rough. We had to run a lot of trickle irrigation to keep our crops going, the sun effects a lot of it," says Richard Cropper, of Rockin T. Farms.

"We try to grow some stuff in a green house or under the shade, that's what we've been doing. And it's been working pretty well until we get it out it the heat and that's when we have to get a lot of irrigation to it," says Collin Cropper, of Rockin T. Farms.

Some local farmers have stated that this is one of the worst summers they have experienced in the past couple of years.

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