The latest US Drought Monitor shows that drought has significantly intensified in areas of the Corn Belt while slightly improving in others.
Brian Fuchs, an author of the USDM with the National Drought Mitigation Center tells Brownfield major corn producing areas are being impacted. “From Indiana to Illinois, into Missouri and Iowa, parts of Kansas and Nebraska – that’s kind of been the story over the last month or so. It came at a really critical time as we’re trying to get that corn crop going and established.”
He says many areas of the Corn Belt have missed out on significant relief this month, and there could already be an impact on yields.
US Drought Monitor shows worsening drought in the ECB, some removal in WCB
