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Farmers Hoping for Rain to Salvage Season

WUWM 89.7 FM | By LaToya Dennis
Published July 16, 2012 at 4:53 PM CDT
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Farmers in southeastern Wisconsin are wondering just how bad this growing season will be – or what might be salvageable. The drought in southern Wisconsin last week intensified from moderate to severe. WUWM’s LaToya Dennis visited Rob -N-Cin’s Farm in West Bend.The family-owned farm tends around 400 dairy cows and raises crops - alfalfa, corn, soybeans and winter wheat. Son Rick Roden fears this season could be devastating.
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LaToya Dennis
LaToya was a reporter with WUWM from 2006 to 2021.
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