Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110507:11:48:00
Epicenter, fields parched, withering and bone dry. >> i've never seen it like this. >> reporter: tommy merchant works for the u.s. department of agriculture. >> it is just crunching below our feet and everything and you can just look right here. these cracks in the ground, we shouldn't have this time of the year. this is our wet season. >> reporter: these fields will yield no corn and be plowed next week to be used for feed. mcgony will plant cotton, but is not optimistic. >> we have to plant it in the next two to three weeks for the insurance purposes. and then if it doesn't rain, it will be,...
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