<div class='node-body'><p>As record temperatures and drought leave corn fields parched in the Midwest, some farmers fear a new Dust Bowl is lurking, the <em><strong>New York Times</strong></em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/us/for-midwest-corn-crop-the-pressure-rises-like-the-heat.html?pagewanted=all">reports</a>.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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