U.S. Plains Drought Persists, But No Harm Seen From Cold Snap [1]

Huff Post - 1/22/13, Reuters, By Sam Nelson

* Drought worrisome for 2013 U.S. crops
* Plains wheat most affected
* Cold snap confined to areas away from wheat belt



CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Dry weather persists in the U.S. Plains and western Midwest leading to concern about the fate of the 2013 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop and seedings of the corn and soybean crops, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday.

"The main issue in North America is the dryness in the southern Plains," said John Dee, a meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring.
 

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