U.S. Droughts Affecting Crop Supply

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

The ground is cracked at the edge of a corn field near England, Arkansas, where oppressive heat is affecting crops.

Farmer Scott Keach looks at a drought-damaged soybean plant in a field in Henderson, Kentucky, July 24, 2012.

A brown and parched corn field shows the effects of a long Texas drought in Farmersville.

Many Arkansas fields have required 24 hour irrigation for much of the growing season due to a lack of rain and hot weather.

A sign at the fire department reminds people of the mandatory water usage ban as water levels drop in Cicero, Indiana July 19, 2012.

Illinois farmer Joe Pickrell climbs back into the combine after a maintenance break.

Central Illinois corn crops show signs of stress.

Corn plants struggle to survive in drought-stricken farm fields in Ferdinand, Indiana.