by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:

The seemingly endless drought in the heartland of America is not going to be good for food production.  For years, I have been relentlessly warning my readers that Dust Bowl conditions would return to the middle of the country.  And now, Dust Bowl conditions have returned to the middle of the country.  In fact, as you will see below, it is being reported that conditions are “drier than the Dust Bowl years” in some parts of Iowa.  If the heartland of America doesn’t start getting more precipitation, we are going to be facing some enormous problems in the years ahead.