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  • Hail destroys crops, delays wheat harvest

    Zach Spadt, Pine Bluffs Post|Jul 19, 2016

    A hailstorm Sunday left area farmers with 100 percent crop losses, others unscathed. "In the Egbert area and south, it's 100 percent crop loss," Derek Walls with Frenchman Valley CoOp said, adding, "That was wheat ready to be cut. "It's rough for a lot of people. They just were getting ready to take their combines out." Walls said along with wheat crops, corn growing in the area was a complete loss. Monetary losses have not yet been assessed. Some farmers suffered little or no damage to their... Full story