Drought takes toll on Missouri farmers` crops, cattle
(World News USA)

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Parts of Missouri are so dry that corn crops are suffering and hay for cattle is in short supply, with water becoming increasingly scarce, experts say. Missouri has had below-average rainfall since winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that nearly all of Missouri is experiencing drought, with several counties in the northwestern part of the state facing `exceptional` conditions - the most dire classification assigned by the monitor. Conditions were nearly as bad elsewhere along the northern...