Light snow expected next week in crop growing areas of the United States
will provide only minor relief from the worst drought in more than 50
years, an agricultural meteorologist said Friday.
Crop-killing drought deepened in Kansas over the last week, further
jeopardizing this season's production of the important winter wheat
crop. Kansas is generally the top U.S. wheat-growing state, but the new
crop planted last fall has been struggling with a lack of soil moisture.
Without rain and/or heavy snow before spring, millions of acres of wheat
could be ruined, meteorologists said. A climatology report issued on
Thursday said there were no signs of improvement for Kansas or
neighboring farm states
Although the snowfall may be able to produce a small amount of moisture into the soil, this light snowfall will not be able to hold enough power to completely rejuvenate old and newer crops that are being planted in many southern plantations. Unfortunately the drought has gotten worse and because of the unusual weather that has been experienced all around the U.S., the drought will not be diminished any time soon.
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