The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that many areas of the Southeast that were in drought or abnormally dry conditions last year have experienced an improvement in the latest map. The rainfall that we had was widespread and helped alleviate the dry conditions. Farmers are rejoicing! There are still dry conditions in parts of the Southeast, especially in southwestern Florida where some areas of severe drought are still present, but they are much smaller in extent overall than they were last week.
