Corn crops severely threatened
There is currently a large scale drought pattern setting up across the U.S.A. just at a very critical time for the corn crop and other crops. Temperatures are critically hot also across the entire central and southern plains states and this heat shows signs of intensifying with no rain in sight for much of the drought battered farm regions.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/valero-shuts-down-two-ethanol-plants-2012-06-28?link=MW_home_latest_news
http://thenewsunit.blogspot.com/2012/06/heat-wave-and-drought-concerns.html
...developing...