Thursday, August 16, 2012

Light rains give some relief to drought-stricken U.S. corn, soy

Reuters: After weeks of relentless heat stress from the worst U.S. drought in more than half a century, deteriorating corn and soybean crops were getting some relief by light rains this week, an agricultural meteorologist said Thursday. But the shift in weather came too late to help much of the corn crop which had been planted early and bore the brunt of high heat and drought this summer. Some late-planted soybeans may benefit from the turn to cooler and damper weather. "A cool front is moving through...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/16/us-usa-drought-crops-corn-idUSBRE87F0U620120816?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29
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