Worst Drought In Decades In The American Heartlands Threatens To Put Farmers Out Of Business -- The Telegraph
The worst drought in decades in the American heartlands threatens to put farmers out of business - and force up food prices across the world.
The fields on Eddie Melton's farm in the rolling terrain of western Kentucky should be covered by a thick green quilt of eight-feet high corn stalks at this time of year.
Instead, withered brown plants, barely half that height, are straggling out of the barren soil. The sorry landscape, repeated in states across the American heartlands, is testimony to the worst drought to strike the region for more than half a century "This drought has already devastated the corn crop," said Mr Melton, who farms 1,500 acres settled by his great-great-grandfather in the late 19th century. "We're just praying for some rain to save the soybeans."
The US agriculture department last week designated 1,297 counties across 29 of the 48 mainland states as "primary natural disaster areas".
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Update: America's corn farmers high and dry as hope withers with their harvest -- The Guardian
My Comment: If this drought continues and starts to impact the other crops .... expect worldwide inflation on basic food stuffs .... and yes .... unstable societies and widespread unrest.