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Irrigation Helping Farmers Fight Drought
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FBN's Jeff Flock talks to a farmer who has an irrigation system that is helping in times of drought.
- Duration 2:05
- Date Jul 12, 2012
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FBN's Jeff Flock talks to a farmer who has an irrigation system that is helping in times of drought.
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Okay -- more than 26 US states are now officially in drought disaster but a small group of farmers in the midwest is growing.
A profit despite exceptional drought the central drug Jeff Flock is in -- Indiana.
Lost in the corn fields with more -- he'd step.
You love this look at this Melissa's in this incredible look at this point over my head.
It's tax -- and hello did you see that.
That's one of the reasons know a rainstorm has not broken out in a central Indiana but.
We're getting irrigation Larry comes out -- hey Brad walked me down this way -- know -- reliably get -- if we do this is the reason.
There are farmers who because of their land.
Irrigate their crops normally you -- because you got bad ground -- sandy and it doesn't get as much moisture.
Right it's doesn't all the water computers in the water capacity so we have to know your DT April take a look at the drought monitor map that you just mentioned Melissa -- it shows just.
Extreme drought and much of the country are much of the midwest it shows exceptional drought which we typically don't see anything exceptional drought.
And 80% of your state.
He's in drought and -- away.
Very it's you -- spirit and exceptional year piracy thing like it's in CD and it's trending worse in 1988 so.
But this is gonna help us up.
-- -- could be worse one more thing I want to show -- of course one of the reasons this is so important and I don't know for gonna get it Larry watch out here this is what it looks like they throw a lot of water out.
How much water is a friend.
It did that system -- 750.
Yeoman minute.
750 gallons a minute is perhaps you can see I leave you with the board so we have that we -- this offer and video boards.
They're gonna have a crop here and they are gonna have a crop to sell at a very good price.
Court again up over thirty cents today beings -- -- to -- is well.
Good news if you -- crop not so much if you don't.
That's right that's about 5% Jeff Flock thanks so much it's a good bet to decide to -- -- that.
That -- -- -- up for them sometimes they don't.