Joe Tripple, Jr. walks through a field of half growing and half dying corn on his family produce farm on Route 5 in Schulyer on Thrursday, July 29, 1999. The Tripples, along with their farming neighbors, have had problems with drought, a flash flood and more drought in the past year, which has hurt their profits drastically.(AP PHOTO)(NANCY L. FORD/OBSERVER-DISPATCH) STORY SLUG: NY-DEFYING THE DROUGHT 1999