https://freerepublic.com/tag/2012drought/ en-us Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:59:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2906763/posts <p>Corn, soybean and wheat prices have soared lately due to poor crop estimates amid extreme drought conditions in 26 states.</p> <p>The blistering summer and ongoing drought conditions have the prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department to declare a federal disaster area in more than 1,000 counties covering 26 states. That's almost one-third of all the counties in the United States, making it the largest distaster declaration ever made by the USDA.</p> Townhall.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2906763/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:59:25 GMT