Summer rain brings cheer to farmers in Wayanad Updated: Updated: ‘Prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in soil’ Share Article AAA Workers being engaged in planting ginger rhizomes at a farm at Karachal in Wayanad district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement ‘Prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in soil’ Summer rain in the past four days has brought cheer to farmers, especially coffee farmers in Wayanad, a major Robusta coffee and ginger growing region in the State. “The prolonged dry spell had caused moisture depletion in the soil and it was leading to a drought-like situation,” K. Ajith Kumar, Associate Director of Research, RARS, told