Flash Drought Zaps Moisture Out of Corn Belt | Market to Market

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Channel: Iowa PBS · 2013 · News & Politics

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The year *after* the worst drought in half a century began with a series of rain showers that lasted well into spring planting season. The dramatic change in weather patterns replenished subsoil moisture that had been zapped out the year before. Snowfall in early May added insult to injury in the Corn Belt, delaying planting even further.

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