Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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On the Poss family farm, portions of fields typically lush with wheat and other grains are dry and cracked. Many of the plants that did emerge are wilted and parched.

“It’s depressing. It scares me. I don’t even want to harvest this summer because I don’t know if we’ll have any at all,” said Laura Poss, who has been operating the farm with her husband Kevin since 2011.

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