National Public Radio: This summer's drought continues to wilt and bake crops from Ohio to the Great Plains and beyond. Under a baking, late-afternoon sun just outside of the tiny east-central Illinois town of Thawville, John Hildenbrand walks down his dusty, gravel driveway toward one of his corn fields. "You can see on the outer edge, these are a lot better-looking ears on the outside rows. Of course, it's not near as hot as it is inside the field," he says. Walking deeper into the 7-foot-high corn stalks, the...
URL: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/04/158119458/soaked-in-drought-lessons-from-the-dust-bowl?ft=1&f=1025
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