Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Drought-Impacts-Iowa-Cornfields-27MZIFV20OFP.htmlConceptually similarDrought Impacts Iowa CornfieldsGP047MMCompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Iowa CornfieldsGP047MHCompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Iowa CornfieldsGP047MKCompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Illinois CornfieldsGP047IKCompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Illinois CornfieldsGP047IACompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Illinois CornfieldsGP047IFCompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Illinois CornfieldsGP047IBCompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Illinois CornfieldsGP047ICCompleted★★★★Drought Impacts Illinois CornfieldsGP047IDCompleted★★★★View AllGP047MIDrought Impacts Iowa CornfieldsFarmer Jim Keiper holds ears of maize from his fields In Atkins. The two ears on the right are from last years crop, the three on the left are this years. He said that even though the stalks look green, but the crops are really stressed. Some didn't even pollinate. Some looked mutated - the kernels are not even in size.Locations:Atkins-Iowa-North America-United States of AmericaDate:16 Aug, 2012Credit:© Karuna Ang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4288px X 2848pxKeywords:Agricultural land-Agricultural products-Agriculture-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change impacts-Crops-Day-Destruction-Disasters-Drought-Dry-Farmers-Farms-Fields-Food-Half length-Hot-KWCI (GPI)-Maize-Men-One person-Outdoors-Rural scenes-SAGE (campaign title)-Summer-TrucksShoot:Drought Impacts Iowa CornfieldsCorn withers in fields in Iowa as the Midwestern United States suffers record high temperatures and the worst drought in a generation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said that the drought has rapidly increased in severity over the past month. As of August 1, more than half of U.S. counties had been designated as disaster areas by USDA in 2012, mainly due to drought. Less corn means higher prices. And higher prices mean the world’s poorest — who spend as much as 80 percent of their meager daily incomes on food — can’t afford to eat. On July 30, the World Bank issued an alert about food price volatility, noting that prices of wheat, corn and soybeans rose 30 percent to 50 percent in June. The U.S. drought is partly to blame.Related Collections:"Countdown to Extinction" Report Collection