date:Aug 21, 2012
University of Arkansas agriculture specialist Scott Stiles. Grain sorghum harvest is going strong as well and also competing for storage space. Sorghum acreage increased this year too, and the yields are good.
The drought's taken river levels lower than they've been in as long as 60 years, says American Farm Bureau Federation economist Veronica Nigh, and without any relief soon, they could reach the lowest levels since 1940, when they were the lowest ever. In terms of commerce alone, it's huge;