Speaking at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum, USDA Ag Meteorologist Brad Rippey said over 40 percent of the country is in drought. “If you add in the abnormal dryness, that bumps it up to almost three-quarters of the country experiencing either drought or abnormally dry conditions,” said Rippey. “There’s a very patchwork quilt look to it, with some areas doing pretty well. You look at the Northern Plains, North Dakota’s looking great, and looking pretty good in Kansas; not too bad in parts of the Eastern Cornbelt.”
