date:Jul 10, 2012
soyabean and maize harvests. More dry weather is forecast at a time when some maize crops are reaching pollination.
Drought
The US government announced recently that crop growing conditions were the worst it has since 1988, when US grain production was cut by 30% due to drought.
US farmers planted higher levels of crops this year. But the drought has scuppered hopes for a boost to supplies this year.
America is not the only part of the world where crop production is being hit by sustained ho