Thursday, July 12, 2012

Drought parches more of U.S. Midwest, crops suffer

Reuters: The worst drought in a quarter century tightened its grip on the Midwestern United States over the past week as sweltering temperatures and scant rainfall punished corn and soybean crops across the region, a report from climate experts said Thursday. Nearly two-thirds of the nine-state Midwest region was in some stage of drought in the week ended July 10, up from just over 50 percent a week earlier, according to the Drought Monitor, a weekly report on drought throughout the country compiled by...

URL: http://news.yahoo.com/drought-parches-more-u-midwest-crops-suffer-182019391.html

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