Crop Catastrophe Nightmare is Upon Us

My wife and I have been wondering why our local news and weather at 10 pm hasn’t talked about the miserable conditions for our farmers?  They are concerned about folks camping and “cabin cast” weather but seem unconcerned about the millions of acres of crop land that will go unplanted this year throughout the entire Midwest.  I also find very little mention in the news about the millions of bushels of grain washed away from flooded bins and storage bags that were holding last fall’s harvest.  Has a global nightmare just started and we are too drunk on convenience to realize it?

“...there will be famine...”

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The last 12 months have been the wettest in all of U.S. history, and this has created absolutely horrific conditions for U.S. farmers.  Thanks to endless rain and historic flooding that has stretched on for months, many farmers have not been able to plant crops at all, and a lot of the crops that have actually been planted are deeply struggling.  What this means is that U.S. agricultural production is going to be way, way down this year.  The numbers that I am about to share with you are deeply alarming, and they should serve as a wake up call for all of us.  The food that each one of us eats every day is produced by our farmers, and right now our farmers are truly facing a nightmare scenario.

You can view the latest USDA crop progress report right here.  According to that report, corn and soybean production is way behind expectations.

Last year, 78 percent of all corn acreage had been planted by now.  This year, that number is sitting at just 49 percent.

And the percentage of corn that has emerged from the ground is at a paltry 19 percent compared to 47 percent at this time last year.

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