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chervilant

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18. No comments about famine?

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:20 PM

Jul 2012

Are we so inured that we cannot understand that these 'poor to very poor' crop conditions are a harbinger of the food shortages to come?

In another thread on global climate change, a DUer noted that photosynthesis stops at 104 degrees F--just STOPS. Drought conditions (look at the most current drought map to see how bad this is) have had a measurable impact on crops, grasses, and forests across the nation. We can see the results of both these factors in the brown, brittle leaves and lawns across our nation.

How long before the venerable 'Bread Box' is empty?

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Corn Belt crop conditions decline along with topsoil moisture [View all] OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 OP

" A word to the wise is sufficient" - Sister Rose Thorn Berlum Jul 2012 #1

I saw some of that last week in South Dakota OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #3

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2012 #2

NO MORE ETHANOL!!! kooljerk666 Jul 2012 #4

..in a related article OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #6

I'm not sure how the ethanol situation will play out... caraher Jul 2012 #10

Add this to the equation OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #12

Good point caraher Jul 2012 #15

Imagine if we'd put that money towards drought prevention 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #33

Well the big ag. corps. better absorb some of this loss instead of just passing thru to consumers. xtraxritical Jul 2012 #5

..in another related article OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #9

An inconvenient truth... harun Jul 2012 #7

There's a poster in GD whose saying any farmer with bad yields is just a shitty farmer riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #8

If you have irrigation water, you may be able to save part of your crop OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #11

That's true but some crops like corn and tomatoes actually stop producing with high heat riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #25

There are WhackJobs everywhere who listen to Rush & Fox and repeat their Republican-corporate lies Berlum Jul 2012 #13

I'll bet chervilant Jul 2012 #20

I've been told that once soil gets too dry it actually repels moisture AngryAmish Jul 2012 #14

Oh yeah, I've seen that on the farm NickB79 Jul 2012 #19

Without crop rotation things go down hill PDQ in dry times. Historic NY Jul 2012 #16

Ding Ding Ding! Crop rotations are now routinely skipped NickB79 Jul 2012 #23

My grandfather lived and tried to farm through the dustbowl in the 1930s in JDPriestly Jul 2012 #28

Crop rotation makes it rain? JoeyT Jul 2012 #32

Crop rotation does little in the face of drought 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #34

crop rotation tru Jul 2012 #43

HFCS -- hopefully will become too expensive to lace the food supply with....nt Evasporque Jul 2012 #17

I was wondering about that as well. xxqqqzme Jul 2012 #22

No comments about famine? chervilant Jul 2012 #18

First we'll see famines in other countries NickB79 Jul 2012 #21

The ignoring has already begun: chervilant Jul 2012 #24

We're a long ways from famine 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #35

We as in the US are still a ways from famine. Other countries aren't doing so hot NickB79 Jul 2012 #44

Oh yeah, others may starve 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #45

Back in April I said people had two summers left to learn how to garden GliderGuider Jul 2012 #39

Indeed, chervilant Jul 2012 #40

Just what we need, another Dust Bowl malthaussen Jul 2012 #26

Unless we get rain with lower temperatures in Illinois very soon, the remaining corn fields are AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #27

Weather forecast for Des Moines -- thunderstorms likely Wed. night JDPriestly Jul 2012 #29

Monoculture corn/soy/grain farming was depleting topsoil in the first place... drokhole Jul 2012 #30

Unfortunately, the forage crops and pastures are also being hit. amandabeech Jul 2012 #36

k&r Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #31

Omaha got its first rain since 6/23 last night OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #46

Just checked the USAgDep data. amandabeech Jul 2012 #37

We've made a big mistake by turning vast areas into single crop megafarms Marrah_G Jul 2012 #38

A look at the areas of the world in drought right now GliderGuider Jul 2012 #41

not to worry - our government is working hard on the problem of climate change. tru Jul 2012 #42