Drought dries up corn lovers' fields of dreams

By Elena Grothe

Growing up in the South, visions of corn fields out the window on long road trips were common, along with the occasional corn field family shoot, 'Field of Dreams' style, with my brother and I walking through the corn. These images below reminded me of that time, although there wasn't such a drought.

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Children walk the rows of a corn field near Dorchester, Neb., removing tassels along the way, on Tuesday, July 26. Detasseling is a popular summer job for high school and middle school students.

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A corn crop dries up in a field near Perryton, Texas, on Thursday. A severe drought has caused most dry-land (non-irrigated) crops in the area to fail and forced farmers to abandon some fields in order to conserve their limited resources. The past nine months have been the driest in Texas since record keeping began in 1895, with 75% of the state classified as exceptional drought, the worst level.

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folks cant afford to feed horses---sure mega rich dont care--they pay $millions for show/race horses--and likely send rest over to mexico to be killed--ala petfood-

I cant afford to feed cats-dogs--took mine to pound-put them down--owning pets--common joes cant afford this and cant afford both food for the family --pets got to go--dont see mega rich ranchers helping out--would think beef prices would drop--up 150% in two years. Send all the horses to mexico--slaughter em--hello alpo-and other pet food manufacturers..

put food on table if they feeding cats-dogs-pigs whatever