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Drought Concerning Many Valley Farmers

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It has been a while since it rained but it's the lack of snow in the high country that has many farmers worried.

Farmers say without a solid snowpack in the mountains, things quickly dry up during the growing season.

A wet winter helps keep reservoir levels up during the Spring and Summer when they are in high demand.

But this year farmers say very little of the wet or white stuff has been falling.

"It seems like it has gotten worse in the last twenty years and much worse in the last four," said Joe Delbosque a valley farmer.

Some farmers say they received more than 75% less rainfall this past Summer than their yearly average and if things don't turn around during the Winter, they worry 2014 could be even worse.

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