date:Jul 25, 2012
apolis, Indiana, then Bloomington, Illinois, and Iowa City, Iowa, and northwest to Fort Dodge, Iowa, before winding up in Omaha, Nebraska. The group's path, says MDA EarthSat senior meteorologist Donald Keeney, was built to cover the widest range of crop conditions.
The route was determined by trying to go through some of the major producing regions between Columbus and Omaha, while strategically placing overnight stops along the way, Keeney says. We also wanted to plan the route through some o