A cow grazes in a dry pasture southwest of Hays, Kan. (Steven Hausler / Hays Daily News)
A boat is anchored in the mud because the owner couldn’t reach the dock at Morse Reservoir in Noblesville, Ind. (Michael Conroy / Associated Press)
The Morse Reservoir is down nearly 6 feet from normal levels and shrinks a foot every five days to provide water for Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy / Associated Press)
Rancher Gary Wollert inspects a dead cow on dry grasslands near Eads, Colo. He speculated that it ate a poisonous weed in search of food. (John Moore, Getty Images)
Jack Maloney with a drought-damaged ear of corn on his farm in Brownsburg, Ind. He expects a total loss on his corn and soybean crop. (Michael Conroy / Associated Press)
Jack Maloney with his withered corn crop. (Michael Conroy / Associated Press)
Boats sit on the cracked earth at Morse Reservoir. (Michael Conroy / Associated Press)
Corn stalks are struggling in the heat and continuing drought that has overcome most of the country. (Seth Perlman / Associated Press)
The drought gripping the United States is the broadest since 1956, according to new data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Nati Harnik / Associated Press)
What’s left of corn stalks in Farmingdale, Ill. (Seth Perlman / Associated Press)
Farmer Dave Kestel checks the progress of a corn field battered by the heat and a lack of rain in Manhattan, Ill. (Scott Strazzante / Chicago Tribune)
Dan Millsap of Naperville, Ill., golfs on a parched course. (Chuck Berman / Chicago Tribune)
