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Summer Of 83 Infamous At Best
The drought of 1983 devastates farms across the East and Midwest after a wet spring. Heat records spike to 110 in several locales, with at least 231 deaths nationwide and $7 billion in agricultural losses. Farmers go bankrupt as corn and soybean yields plunge and food prices rise.
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David L. Langford
Associated Press
Williston
N.D
Cheraw
D.C
Des Moines
Iowa
Fayetteville
N.C
Midwest
Ohio Valley
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Phil Shideler
National Weather Service
Topeka
Kan
Bowman, S.C
Hugh Weathers
Nolan Duke
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Virginia
Georgia
Arkansas
Dixie
South Carolina
Alabama
Tal C. DurVall
Agricultural Extension Service
Jimmy Jackson
Extension Service
Farm Credit Administration
Agriculture Department
Tennessee
George Miller
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Madison County
Hampton
Bob Youmans
Lynn
Youmans
Charley Gantt
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Granville County