Rain bolsters ag optimism

Thursday, January 31, 2013

The steady rainstorm that began sloshing Vernon County and Southwest Missouri early Tuesday and continued until after midnight Wednesday will not break the drought that had tormented the region for months on end, but it replenished livestock watering ponds and gave the rapidly maturing winter wheat crop a boost, agricultural officials said Wednesday.

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