date:May 10, 2013
40 percent by May 12.
A lot can't be done to fight drought-related issues in the US, according to Bruce Scherr, chairman and CEO of Informa Economics Inc , an agribusiness analytics firm.
Last year's drought and high feed grain prices have stimulated increased investment in irrigation wells and equipment in some areas that traditionally have not depended much on irrigation, Scherr said. Those areas include parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois.
Those actions help increase production, but