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News Summary: Drought intensifies in Plains

By The Associated Press
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CROP COLLAPSE: Drought conditions have worsened in parched Plains states, punishing withering corn and soybeans and devastating pastureland that ranchers depend on.

DRIED OUT: As of Tuesday, the area of the country experiencing extreme drought rose nearly 2 percentage points from the previous week, to 22.3 percent. That was due largely to a worsening of conditions Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

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