Drought is impacting about a third of the corn and soybean acreage in the United States. It has also been too dry over much of Ontario.
“The drier areas west of the Mississippi include Nebraska and western Iowa; those areas have been dry much longer,” said meteorologist Brad Rippey.
“You see a dry signal in those areas going back up to a year or more.”
Right now, the driest acreages are east of the Mississippi.
“This spring, we have had short-term drought on top of that long-term drought, so we're seeing a big array of problems, everything from browning pastures to stress on emerging summer crops,” said Rippey.
“If we can just get a little bit of rain in the next few weeks that should help the crops, and then get the crops into that deeper soil moisture.”
