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Harvest gets underway across Montana

Morgan Rose
Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021 Updated Aug 11, 2021

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Marching into the dog days of summer, drought is still very much the center of conversation across Montana. The entire state is now experiencing some level of drought with 80 percent of Montana in extreme or exceptional drought. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor maps, Beaverhead, Madison, Fergus, Petroleum, Phillips and Valley counties all have reached D4 classifications.

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