U.S. Drought Monitor, April 28, 2022

As far as food goes the two areas of immediate concern are California's Central Valley and Texas.*

Last year, the 2020 big dry in North Dakota foreshadowed the tripling of wheat prices especially for the world's best pasta flour.

This year so far it looks like veggies will be front and center.

 

From the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, April 28:

 

....MORE (drought summary/discussion)

*Our general thinking on the hydrological cycle and people, June 20, 2021: 

Food: "What to Hoard in 2021, and It's Not Toilet Paper"

As we were saying with pretty much every Drought Monitor report this Spring (here's April 20):

When the desert is in drought I remonstrate Phoenix and Las Vegas for having allowed population growth far beyond the dry times carrying capacity. When California is in drought I trot out the little chart that shows the historical prevalence of drought—last seen in April 19's "US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration":

Some of the Western megadroughts have been hundreds of years long. As the San Jose Mercury-News depicted it in 2015:

—San Jose Mercury-News "California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say"

That little red blip at the far right side of the timeline is the current drought.
You could make a reasonable argument that for the last 150 years Californians have been living in a fool's paradise. 

But when the drought spreads to North Dakota and threatens the world's best pasta wheat, durum, of which 80% of the U.S. crop is grown in the state, Well if you can imagine the Great Bucatini Shortage of 2020 spreading to all 600 types and shapes, you know my anxiety....

And March 25: "Drought Monitor: Southwest Desert Remains A Desert; Pasta May Get More Expensive".