While US drought continues in midwest, rains forecast in two weeks

St. Louis, Missouri: The past week saw no let-up in the most intense drought to hit the US midwest farm belt since 2012, drying up the soil and threatening crop harvests throughout the leading corn and soybean production areas in the US.

However, rain storms forecasted for the next two weeks in the southern and central midwest could help stabilize or improve crop conditions, as well as restore soil moisture prio