An ag meteorologist says precipitation
this growing season has gone from too much to not enough water since the
beginning of July.
“Large areas of really the Central Corn Belt and then eastward and northeastward into Michigan where we’ve had in most cases certainly less than 75 percent and in some cases less than half of normal precipitation.”
Drought-like conditions are
developing from eastern Iowa through parts of Ohio and into Michigan.
Jeff Andresen with Michigan State University says crops have been in a critical state during this time and require moisture to be productive.
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