Record high temperatures and lack of rain across the United States continue to fuel the worst drought in a generation.
U.S. Droughts Affecting Crop Supply
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A farm hand harvests potatoes a month early at King's Hill Farm at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, July 30, 2012. The potato yield is about one fifth of the expected yield, but is the farm's only salvageable crop after the other crops perished in the drought gr
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The ground is cracked at the edge of a corn field near England, Arkansas, where oppressive heat is affecting crops.
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Farmer Scott Keach looks at a drought-damaged soybean plant in a field in Henderson, Kentucky, July 24, 2012.
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A brown and parched corn field shows the effects of a long Texas drought in Farmersville.