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Twawrt sources are the difference between a robust crop or a devastating loss in the fall. it's the sound of relief, desperately needed water that mother nature is not bringing lately. >> last two years, our peanut crop has been a total loss. we harvested very few acres,s about,s about the been destroyed. >> reporter: with crops, drying up and baking from the deep south to the midwest, farmers are not just hoping for rain, but turning to technology. elton sharp can barely keep up with the demand. farmers all over georgia are calling irrigation installers like him, as repeated droughts risk the...

Let up with either side determined to cling on. greg thank you, live from jerusalem. >> it has been a devastating summer for the nation's farmers with extreme drought conditions destroying entire crop fields. now it seems some farmers are we thinking their water supply and turning to irrigation systems, instead. and now, live from atlanta with this curious information. >>reporter: yes, well, after season and season of low rainfall and scorching temperatures farmers are installing irrigation systems. farmers are telling us it is the difference between having a robust crop or a devastating harve...

Will be well over 100 degrees. >> all right. maria molina. thanks very much. the irrigation industry seeing a boom in business as a result of the ongoing drought that's gripping much of the country. a sign of just how dire it is, in regions that grow most of the nation's corn, soy beans, wheat and cotton, the lack of rain driving some desperate farmers to upgrade their equipment while others try irrigation for the first time. elizabeth has more from atlanta. elizabeth? >> hi, gregg, there's more to tell, the farmers can't get a loan from the bank unless they have an irrigation system. it's the...

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