 seen since back in mid-March, and that represents a 6.1 percentage point increase from late May and a 6.9 percentage point increase from that minimum on June 11th. The expanding drought coverage is more impressive, according to Rippey, when factoring in the abnormally dry categories. However, mostly low-end drought coverage is found in extreme to exceptional drought. I'm Rod Bain reporting in Washington, D.C. It's agriculture today.