Farmer Albert Walsh walks over corn plants which were blown over, weakened due to a lack of moisture, as he inspects one of his fields in Carmi, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. He anticipated the yields from this particular field would be lower than normal, but not as significantly as others suffering in the regions drought conditions. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Albert Walsh
The sun shines on the dried leaves of corn plants suffering from a lack of moisture in Idaville, Indiana, U.S., on Friday, July 6, 2012. Corn prices jumped to a nine-month high of $7.13 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade yesterday and have surged more than 37 percent since June 15 as a crop-damaging drought in the U.S. Midwest shows no signs of abating. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
