by Randy Rieland | Nov 20, 2023 | Agriculture, Politics
Drought draining ag resources Mike Sands remembers a gut feeling he had around the middle of July. Something didn’t seem right about the weather patterns, he said. There had been a thunderstorm with heavy rain on July 3, but next to no precipitation since then. He...
by Randy Rieland | Dec 14, 2020 | Agriculture
‘Close to 80 inches of rain fell on Rappahannock in 2018 … almost double the annual average’ It seems that almost anyone who makes their living off the land in Rappahannock has a 2018 story. Jenna Brownell, co-manager of Whippoorwill Farm, remembers standing in the...
