"Corn Disaster" Underway - Two Handy Graphics And Interesting Climate Crocks Article

[hatrack]

Additional corn crop failures are likely, due to too little rain and too much heat through the middle of August.

Spotty downpours will grace northern and eastern areas of the corn belt into August, but not enough rain will fall on a large part of the corn belt, leading to a disaster.

AccuWeather.com agricultural meteorologists feel that a lack of rain will continue to take its toll on non-irrigated corn in much of Nebraska and Kansas, as well as huge sections of Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, southeastern South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, southwestern Michigan and southeastern Wisconsin.

In these areas, a few tenths of an inch of rain will fall here and there in the weeks ahead with some areas barely getting a drop.

EDIT

http://climatecrocks.com/2012/07/17/horror-story-corn-disaster-emerging-in-heartland/#more-11560

[Octafish]

1. Instead of corn, the crop this year looks like grass.

It's a sad time for farmers in Michigan. The maps make it clear that it's happening throughout the Midwest.

Thanks for the heads-up, hatrack.

[rurallib]

2. Wasn't AccuWeather the company that Santorum wanted to replace the Weather Bureau with?

Any idea if they forecast the drought back in may or so?
Kind of curious how much credence to give accuweather.

[Care Acutely]

3. It's damn dry and hot.

Ricky, I'm sure, would much rather tout a map covered with daisies and kittens and tell us it's all fine. There IS NO global warming. See? Look at the kittens!