A drought in the Dakotas spells trouble for the U.S. wheat harvest.

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By Nikhil SwaminathanJun 30, 2017, 12:53 pm197 pts
Farmers in the Upper Midwest got a big dose of bad news Thursday: The extent of the region’s ongoing “extreme” drought has more than tripled in the past week. Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 107 degrees next week in parts of the Dakotas, more than 20 degrees above normal. In large swaths of…

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