The United States is facing its “worst drought” in 25 years that could
fuel food price inflation as crop yields are hit, a top Obama
Administration official has warned.
As many as 61 per cent of the land mass of the United States is
currently being characterised as being impacted by this drought, the
Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, told reporters on July 25 at a
White House news conference, noting that this drought is having an
impact in crops.
“78 per cent of the corn crop is now in an area designated as drought
impacted; 77 per cent of the soybeans that are being grown in this
country also impacted.
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