Drought intensifies in key Midwestern farming states

Thursday, August 23, 2012 | 9:34 a.m. CDT; updated 11:36 a.m. CDT, Thursday, August 23, 2012

ST. LOUIS — The nation's most withering drought in decades only got worse in several key farming states last week, despite cooler temperatures that at least gave those living there a break from this summer's stifling heat, according to a new drought report released Thursday.

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