NATION : Yeutter Plays Down Iowa Drought
Agriculture Secretary Clayton K. Yeutter warned today against over-reacting to southern Iowa’s drought, but said he understands the long-range problems caused by “a very strange” weather pattern this year.
The National Guard has hauled 300,000 gallons of drinking water to several parched southern Iowa towns and “we don’t see an end to it,” National Guard Adjutant Tommy Thompson told Yeutter.
In some sections of the state, wells must be drilled to 2,500 feet before reaching water.
Yeutter was briefed by state officials and Iowa’s congressional delegation during a tour of several southern Iowa towns and farms.
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