The drought intensified in agricultural areas of the Great Plains and in Midwest states such as Indiana and Iowa in the past week, with no sign of ending, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday.
In a report Thursday by the Drought Monitor in Lincoln, Neb., the USDA said that the amount of corn and soybeans in drought areas fell 1 percentage point, while crops in areas of extreme drought increased. That probably won’t change significantly even with a forecast for showers and thunderstorms across the nation’s northern tier, according to the outlook.
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