Drought Covers One-Third Of U.S. Counties, The Largest Agricultural Disaster Area Ever Declared

Drought Covers One-Third Of U.S. Counties, The Largest Agricultural Disaster Area Ever Declared: The U.S. Agriculture Department has issued a natural disaster declaration for more than 1,000 U.S. counties facing severe drought. This disaster declaration is the largest ever from the Agriculture Department and includes one-third of counties and spans 26 states. Some 53 percent of the Midwest is facing moderate or severe drought, but areas beyond the [...]/p