The United States is experiencing its widest-spread drought in 56 years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that some 55 percent of the contiguous United States, particularly in the Midwest, suffered from drought last month. The percentage is the largest since 1956, when drought spanned 58% of the country.
A boat sits on the ground in a dry section of the Morse Reservoir, one of three reservoirs which supply water to nearby Indianapolis, in Cicero, Indiana
A cow looks for something to eat as it grazes in a dry pasture southwest of Hays, Kansas
The dry soil of a corn field is seen in western Kentucky
Japanese beetles eat leaves in a soybean field outside of Walnut, Illinois
Dried-up stalks of corn are seen in a field near Ponca City, Oklahoma
Steve Niedbalski shows an undeveloped ear of corn at his farm in Nashville, Illinois
Steve Niedbalski chops down his drought- and heat-stricken corn for feed in Nashville, Illinois. Farmers in parts of the Midwest, dealing with the worst drought in nearly 25 years, have given up hope for a corn crop and are mowing over their fields and baling the heat-withered plants for livestock feed.
A bowfin fish carcass lies on the edge of the receding waters of a lake at the Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area in Indiana
The sun shines on the dried leaves of corn plants in Idaville, Indiana
Cracked, dry ground is seen where a pond normally stands on the property of Ray Mercer in Crossville, Illinois. Mercer said he had lived on the property over 50 years and this was only the second time the pond had dried up.
Farmer Albert Walsh walks through a drought-damaged corn field in Carmi, Illinois
Jack Maloney displays a drought-damaged ear of corn on his farm in Brownsburg, Indiana. With no significant rainfall since May 3 and the bleak outlook for rain, Maloney expects a total loss on his corn and soybean crop.
Dry and dead corn stalks lie flat on the parched ground in Farmingdale, Illinois
Marion Kujawa looks over an ear of corn picked from one of his fields near Ashley, Illinois. The field usually yields more than 180 bushels of corn per acre, but Kujawa expects to get less than 15 bushels per acre from this year's drought-damaged crop.
Boats sit on the dry bottom of a section of the Morse Reservoir in Cicero, Indiana
This NOAA image shows a US Drought Monitor map created from data released on June 26, 2012
A roadside thermometer shows a temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius) in Washington, DC
A sun bear reacts as the temperature reaches 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.5 Celsius) at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska
Demetrius Smith (L) and James Jernigan use bags of ice to stay cool while working at the baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia
Children cool off in a fountain in Silver Spring, Maryland
A sign on Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City, Utah cautions about the risk of wildfires in the hot weather
How many of those crops are GMO? Good riddance to those. And if anyone has plans to plant more GMO crops, I hope they're destroyed financially before they get the chance to do so.
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