U.S. corn, soybean crops suffer in drought | Late rain may help salvage some yields, say growers
GREENFIELD, Indiana — It rained last week at Joe and Pat Mohr’s place, one of the few times this season. The shower hit hard, dumping on the couple’s parched fields for less than an hour. “Maybe it’ll help the soybeans. Maybe it’ll just bring on the weeds because there’s not a canopy,” said the Greenfield, […] Read moreTag Archives U.S. drought — page 2
Situation in the Midwest captured by Mike Raine
Our farm production editor Mike Raine is down in the U.S. Midwest documenting the drought situation. Mike, as many of you know, is also one of the top photographers in the North American agricultural press, and these pix below are both a tragic tale of ruined crops, and beautiful visual images. […] Read more
