date:Oct 22, 2012
states 12-year Drought Monitor history. Like Nebraska, less than one inch of rain has fallen across the state during the last 30 days.
Some key agricultural states were able to make strides in shifting to improved drought conditions. Ninety-nine percent of Missouri was covered in extreme to exceptional drought on Aug. 21, yet the return of moisture has recently dropped this down to 12 percent. Indiana reported 25 percent of the state in exceptional drought on Aug. 7, and now 25 percent of it i