Currently, the Midwest is 29% in moderate drought and 27% abnormally dry. About 27% of corn production acres are in some form ...

Most of the country experienced dry weather except for West and Gulf coasts, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Widespread rains finally swept across the Midwest over the past week, but they didn’t put much of a dent into the overall U.S. drought picture with drought percentages still resembling 2012.

D2 (Severe Drought) is covering more than half of the state, close to a 10-point spike in a week. Across the entire Midwest, the Drought Monitor shows: 64.71% of the Midwest is D1/Abnormally Dry ...

Then, a record warm winter fueled in part by a strong El Niño led to a snow drought in the upper Midwest. In some cases, that snow drought was due to a lack of precipitation. In other areas ...