Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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.
The Poss family has deep roots in Lincoln County, smack dab in the middle of Colorado’s Eastern Plains. Kevin, whose family has farmed the land for four generations, dating back to the 1940s, manages 1,000 acres with Laura and the help of their seven children, ages six to 17. About a third of the land — 330 acres — is dedicated to dryland grain farming, including triticale, millet, rye and 10 varieties of wheat. This year, the family expects to lose about half of their normal grain yields due to the unseasonably warm temperatures and ongoing drought across the state.
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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.
The Poss family has deep roots in Lincoln County, smack dab in the middle of Colorado’s Eastern Plains. Kevin, whose family has farmed the land for four generations, dating back to the 1940s, manages 1,000 acres with Laura and the help of their seven children, ages six to 17. About a third of the land — 330 acres — is dedicated to dryland grain farming, including triticale, millet, rye and 10 varieties of wheat. This year, the family expects to lose about half of their normal grain yields due to the unseasonably warm temperatures and ongoing drought across the state.
Read the complete story at rmpbs.org/news
Produced by Chelsea Casabona and Priya Shahi
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: bit.ly/3zeF6Ch
#drought #coloradodrought
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