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Thursday, August 23, 2012  We have all heard about how this drought is affecting the summer crops, but what about the next season to come.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Drought across the Tri-State region has caused the city of Macomb to look at alternatives for its water supply.

Friday, August 03, 2012  According to the latest assessment from the U.S. Drought Monitor, extreme drought conditions now envelop all of Northeast Missouri, Southeast Iowa and West central Illinois.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  Small Midwest farmers struggle to fill orders, stay afloat as drought, heat kill vegetables

Monday, July 23, 2012  Gov. Pat Quinn has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for disaster designations for virtually all Illinois counties amid scorching temperatures and one of the state's worst droughts on record.

Monday, July 16, 2012  Close to one hundred farmers met at the University of Illinois Extension Office in Quincy Monday to discuss what they can do with their dried out corn crop. Much of Illinois' corn and soybean crop is suffering. Farm officials say southern Illinois is getting the worst of it.