Almost half of the US is experiencing drought. How that can affect the food industry.

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The dryness could impact the quality of many fall harvest crops, experts say.

The U.S. is experiencing the driest fall on record, which could potentially impact the quality of upcoming autumn harvests, experts told ABC News.

The drought conditions are a relatively recent development. As of June 2024, drought coverage in the U.S. stood at a four-year low, according to theDrought conditions in the continental U.S. increased from 12% in June 2024 to 45% in October 2024, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. July was "good," but the dryness really started to ramp up in August, Glauber said.

The USDA Economic Research Services is predicting a less than 2% rise in food prices in the near future, but if the food in question is used to feed livestock, a domino effect of increasing prices -- for dairy and meat -- could occur, she said, Places like California that have high variability in precipitation are used to these conditions, Medellin-Azuara said. They typically rely on the melting of the winter snowpack, which then flows into rivers that are irrigated into agricultural fields.

 

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