Posted on 07/10/2012 8:56:04 AM PDT by JohnKinAK
Actually its doing fine in some places and not so fine in others.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2904675/posts
Prayer and repentance.
That’s the only cure.
AMEN!
It’s not all dying. Yields are being impacted. Some states much worse than others.
Chicken little alarmists are chasing for blog hits. It’s a nasty addiction.
Corn Prices Soar as Midwest Bakes
The Crop’s Futures are Approaching Record Set in June 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303292204577517181109756756.html
Much of the Indiana corn crop is already gone. I’ve seen several farmers have already turned over the fields. Most crops are 3’ tall and tasselled.
There are a few green fields out there but they are few.
The only cure in November as well.
I think there is going to be much more damage/loss than many people think.
I have an ag background and am sitting here in the middle of Iowa.
In past years there was subsoil moisture the crops could pull on even if dry up top; that is gone. Last year used up subsoil moisture from the ground.
Good stable parts of Iowa are hurting bad; no rain the forcast. Iowa is usually as stable as it gets for getting rain.
Better plant genetics will help over past years; but it's just brutal. Very dry. Heat has mitigated from last week; but looks to warm up again next week.
There have been pockets that have had some rains; but not widespread ones. Corn has a narrow time window to get a grain of pollen down a silk to make each kernel. It needs plant moisture to do that. Once that window passes; it's over.
Soybeans can compensate somewhat if they get better conditions later; they can possibly pop new flowers out and set new pods.
It's fair to say not all are dying. But here in Indiana, most of the corn crop south of Kokomo and north of Bloomington is gone. Farmers have already turned over the fields in a lot of cases. No corn is taller than about 3' around here (not knee high by 4th of July). In most years, corn is 6' tall by now. I know of one area within 5 miles of me that has some green crops that have not yet sprouted tasles.
If IN is any indication of the rest of the midwest, it's pretty bad.
Nope. This article is right on. In the first place, I live on the western end of the corn belt, and it's drier here than I've seen it in my lifetime. And I'm no spring chicken.
And I drove through Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana this past week. It's bad and getting worse all over.
No corn = no Ethanol. Get ready for $5.00 gasoline this winter.
Here in Phoenix area, corn stalks are growing just fine. It was 112 degrees yesterday.
Let's not forget the key part of this passage and acknowledge that our country is now under judgment.
WE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!
Dust Bowl II or Born yesterday Journalism?
If this wasn’t happening in a region where Obama had no chance at all to win anything, I’d say we were looking at the next big bailout. The “Corn Hole” bailout. But he probably won’t even bother, seeing nothing but a sea of red on the electoral map there.
I'd like to see the arrogant ONE, say:
Food prices must necessarily skyrocket.
Which is why you can't voluntarily manufacture skyrocketing prices in gasoline-electricity-medical care in case acts of nature come along like this.
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