Source:  Bryce Anderson, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 10/4/19


There's another side to the weather pattern of the past six weeks that brought late summer/early fall heavy rain and flooding to the western Midwest and Northern Plains. That other side is the onset of drought over the southeastern U.S. From the Ohio Valley south to the Gulf Coast and the south Atlantic coast, along with the central and southern two-thirds of Texas, hot and dry conditions have set in quickly. Comparing the U.S. Drought Monitor's presentation Aug. 6 with the latest one, Oct. 1, some stark numbers show up. 

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