[SOS-PCA] NEWS: Drought intensifies in most-parched areas of U.S.

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/drought-intensifies-in-most-parched-areas-of-us/2012/08/02/gJQAc334RX_story.html?hpid=z7

Drought intensifies in most-parched areas of U.S.
By Alyssa A. Botelho and Joel Achenbach, Published: August 2

The historic drought of 2012 is intensifying in the most parched areas of 
the American heartland, roasting much of the corn and soybean crop, 
scorching the grasslands and pastures essential for cattle grazing, and 
threatening to send food prices surging in the United States and abroad.

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The wide-spread drought is definitely affecting natural areas as well, 
seed collections for Seeds of Success will be low this year due to lack of 
seed.