Posted on 06/18/2019 10:24:54 AM PDT by amorphous
Farmers in Illinois whose land has been thrashed by flooding have given up on planting. Instead of growing food, they decided to throw a party. And who could blame them?
The storms that have caused major flooding in Illinois have forced farmers to give up on their crops. Forecasts for even more rain also sent corn futures to a 5-year-high, bringing the food crisis ever closer to reality. Few farmers will even see a benefit from the higher prices because they can’t even get their corn planted in the ground.
Dozens of corn farmers and those who sell them seed, chemicals, and equipment gathered on Thursday at the restaurant in Deer Grove, Illinois, after heavy rains caused unprecedented delays in planting this year and contributed to record floods across the central United States, according to a report by Reuters. Rather than focus on the abysmal farming year, they decided to party instead.
The storms have left millions of acres unseeded in the $51 billion U.S. corn market and put crops that were planted late at a greater risk for damage from severe weather during the growing season. Together, the problems heap more pain on a farm sector that has suffered from years of low crop prices and a U.S.-China trade war that is slowing agricultural exports.
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To: Thank You Rush
There’s gonna be another lake where Illinois used to be - get out while you still can.
6 posted on 6/13/2019, 3:58:31 PM by amorphous [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies | Report Abuse]
good time ot plant rice-
The there won’t be any corn to make ethanol to put in our gasoline!......................
They could always switch to growing dope.
Drove across Illinois and NE MO twice in April and May. Could have used a pontoon boat in som counties. Very sad.
It’s pretty bad here for farmers right now. Even after weeks of minimal rain the fields are still largely too wet to plant. Farming is a very risky business.
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But, since it’s mandated, then those prices will rise and so will our tainted gasoline.
Here’s the actual story without the SH!T:
Yup- even small farmers have difficulty- but nothing like farmers who depend on it for living of course- Would be n ice if there were crops they could plant for times like this though- Even if it meant a bit less income- at least it owuldn’t be total loss-
Learn to code.
What food crisis?
Less corn means potentially suspending ethanol requirements in gasoline. Who thought it was a good idea to burn food in cars? (Answer: Nixon)
Mabye we need to stop burning corn and soy in our cars. ;)
My neighbor usually plants soy. He planted Corn this year.
Some years crops are rained out... it’s been going on for centuries...
That’s normal crop rotation. If you do corn every year, year after year, you have to use a lot more fertilizer.
I’m in Kentucky and some of my friends are Tobacco farmers. They are all switching to Hemp.
We were warned of the loss of Illinois’ farm lands forty five years ago, due to THE COMING ICE AGE! It was supposed to be under a mile of ice right now!
Seems like this is a nonsense story. Illinois hasn’t been hit quite as hard as parts just to the West. Nor do they get the melting snow from the Rockies. But Illinois is about to be clobbered by another week of rain. You can’t plan in the rain.
The dust bowl comes to mind.
What’s the best fertilizer ???
Yeah, but he’s done soy for five straight years. I was surprised it took so long.
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