date:May 26, 2012
rn and eastern Ukraine and the southwestern North Caucasus region, which has helped to improve moisture there, but notable dryness will continue to stress crops in northeastern portions of North Caucasus, western Kazakhstan, and south-central portions of Volga Valley, MDA EarthSat Weather said in a forecast Friday.
Concerns about dryness also linger for the southern Great Plains, as the U.S. winter-wheat harvest is starting in the key states of Kansas and Oklahoma. Hot, dry weather has already