Price of corn surges by 20 per cent amid fears of huge hike in food bills in wake of Midwest drought

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182110/America-drought-Price-corn-surges-20-cent-July-drought-continues-afflict-Midwest.html Food price inflation could rise by as much as 3.5% this year, says US Agriculture Department Percentage of crop rated ‘very poor’ or ‘poor’ rose to 48% – the worst rating since the 1988 drought Many ranchers send animals to slaughter early to save costs Global grain trading firm Cargill joins chorus of critics […]

July on course to be the hottest month EVER in history of America beating as it’s expected to beat out 1936 Dust Bowl record

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180105/July-course-hottest-month-EVER-history-America-beating-expected-beat-1936-Dust-Bowl-record.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:37 EST, 27 July 2012 | UPDATED: 17:46 EST, 27 July 2012 t’s official: it’s really getting hot in here. The United States is closing in on what could be the nation’s hottest month in recorded history. With just four days to go until the end of July, preliminary […]

Drought devastating U.S. is WORST since 1956 as more than half the country withers in unrelenting heat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175071/Drought-devastating-U-S-WORST-1956-half-country-withers-unrelenting-heat.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:40 EST, 17 July 2012 | UPDATED: 06:26 EST, 18 July 2012 More than 55 per cent of the United States is suffering through ‘moderate to extreme drought,’ the likes unseen since 1956, according to a new report from the National Climatic Data Center.The sweltering and arid June of […]