Drought strategies

摘要

As this is written, the U.S. Drought Monitor (droughtmonitor. unl.edu) indicates that the 2012 summer drought is expanding. Most of the Southwest is in a drought, as is Wyoming, Kansas, parts of Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Parts of the eastern Corn Belt and Southeast are also in severe drought. It is developing into a very dry year for a lot of cow country. My early July analysis of the drought map suggests Colorado is the worst state, followed by western Kansas and some parts of New Mexico. Some states in the Southeast are also being hit. This year's weather has to be particularly tough on Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, which went through a serious drought last year and continue to suffer some in 2012.