U.S. Drought Expands In Kansas, Oklahoma And Texas

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Huffington Post - Reuters, 12/13/12, Carey Gillam

Us Drought Kansas

In this Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 photo, Debbie Blythe stands in a drying pond on her farm near White City, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Dec 13 (Reuters) - Drought continued to expand through many key farming states within the central United States in the past week, as scattered rainfall failed to replenish parched soils, according to a report issued Thursday by state and federal climatology experts.

Drought conditions were most pervasive in the Plains states, including in top wheat producer Kansas, according to the Drought Monitor report.

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