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Reuters: Rainfall and cooler temperatures have combined to ease slightly the grip that the worst U.S. drought in over five decades is holding on some key farming states, but the suffering expanded in many others.
"There has been some improvement, at least in the eastern corn belt. And for the region as a whole we've seen a respite from the high temperatures," said Mark Svoboda, a climatologist with the University of Nebraska's National Drought Mitigation Center.
But he said the forecast for the next......
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Drought eases for some U.S. states, worsens for others
Posted by Reuters: Carey Gillam on August 23rd, 2012
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