Rains come too late to revive drought-stricken U.S. crops

Dry weather will return to the drought-stricken U.S. Midwest crop region, with corn and soybeans ending their growing season on a negative note after this week’s rains proved to be too little too late, an agricultural meteorologist said Friday. "There were some decent rains in central Illinois and west central Indiana yesterday, but it’s too late for corn and too late for most of the bean crop," said Don Keeney, meteorologist for MDA EarthSat Weather. The worst drought in more than 50 years through the heart of the summer growing season severely hurt the corn and soybean crops, slashing production and driving prices to record highs.