REPORT: DROUGHT INTENSIFIES IN KANSAS, NEBRASKA

[xchrom]

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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A new report suggests that while recent rains stabilized the devastating drought gripping Iowa and other key farming states, the dry conditions intensified in Kansas and Nebraska.

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows the overall expanse of land across the contiguous U.S. states weathering some form of drought dropped less than 1 percent to 61.8 percent as of Tuesday.

In Iowa, the nation's leader in corn production, the amount of land mired in extreme or exceptional drought - the two worst classifications - dropped 7 percentage points to 62.05 percent over the past week.

But the amount of Nebraska in exceptional drought spiked 19 percentage points to 22.5 percent, while that number in Kansas rose from 38.6 percent last week to 63.3 percent now.

[Lint Head]

1. And the Re-Pubic-Ones refuse to pass a farm bill.

[truebrit71]

2. Even if they have a Noah type flood it's too late for the crops, right?

It is my understanding that the corn crops are done and dusted, if you'll pardon the phrase, because the silks weren't able to pollinate the ears..so even if we have an optimal amount of rain for the season it's already too late...

Or am I just completely full of shit?

[Javaman]

3. Already way to late...

most of the farmers have taken the loss and have plowed under.

massive rain now would be insult to injury.

the ground is so hard that the run off would be epic and create massive erosion.

What would be much better is a slow sobbing rain for weeks on end with no down pours.

That would stabilize the soil for the spring and maybe a very short fall planting.

But sadly, the forecast for any rain of measurable amount for those areas of the nation are pretty much bleak.

[kestrel91316]

4. There is no such thing as global warming. And we have

always been at was with EastAsia.