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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 17 > Drought expected to persist this year

Drought expected to persist this year

By Jeff Wilson / The Bulletin
January 17, 2013

CHICAGO — The risk of drought damaging corn and soybean crops for a second year is increasing as forecasters predict persistently dry weather in the Midwest and Great Plains through April, the start of the planting season.

The U.S. Climate Prediction Center likely will say today that the growing....

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