The August 5th drought monitor shows 44.6% of the U.S. is experiencing abnormal dryness or drought, down less than 1% from the previous week, with 29.8% in D1 level drought or higher. Corn acres in drought conditions D1-D4 are estimated at 3% (down 4% from last week), soybean acres at 3% (down 2%), and spring wheat at 35% (down 3%). The amount of corn and soybean acres in drought have decreased each week since the end of May, a very unusual trend for the summer months.
Notable changes in major row crop states from last week include a 10% increase in D0-D4 in Arkansas, a 9% increase in D3-D4 in Colorado, and an 8% decrease in D1-D4 in Nebraska,
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Drought in Select Row Crop States | ||||||
| State | None | D0-D4 | D1-D4 | D2-D4 | D3-D4 | D4 |
| Arkansas | 89.12 | 10.88 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Colorado | 45.30 | 54.70 | 44.93 | 34.24 | 20.30 | 0.00 |
| Illinois | 76.89 | 23.11 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Indiana | 84.08 | 15.92 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Iowa | 99.42 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Kansas | 84.94 | 15.06 | 3.51 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Kentucky | 95.11 | 4.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Michigan | 77.97 | 22.03 | 9.18 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Minnesota | 92.64 | 7.36 | 2.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Montana | 27.34 | 72.66 | 56.43 | 27.92 | 7.86 | 0.00 |
| Nebraska | 45.63 | 54.37 | 25.55 | 2.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| North Dakota | 51.33 | 48.67 | 17.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ohio | 99.47 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| South Dakota | 67.72 | 32.28 | 10.94 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tennessee | 79.04 | 20.96 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Texas | 72.37 | 27.63 | 19.31 | 11.88 | 4.21 | 0.52 |
| Wisconsin | 98.22 | 1.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |