Property Rights Expert Predicts Dire Future For American Agriculture

RFFM.org ^ | June 22, 2008 | Joyce Morrison

[Daniel T. Zanoza]

Global Intrigue + More Will Escalate Food Prices Drastically: What Will A Loaf Of Bread Cost Next Year?

RFFM.org Guest Commentary by Joyce Morrison

The mere thought of a food shortage in America is unthinkable…or is it?

Headlines read, “Planting season weather perplexing for farmers.” “Weather may cut yields,” “Further spike in food costs feared due to floods,” “Food shortages,” -- these are headlines preparing us for the fact we will no longer have the cheapest, safest food in the world.

All spring the breadbasket of America has been deluged with floods, wind storms, tornados, heavy rain and hail. Illinois has even felt tremors from earthquakes. Farmers have struggled for their fields to be dry enough to get a crop planted only to have the seeds pounded in the ground by more rain. Beans break their necks trying to get through the crust left by the hard rains -- and they have to be replanted. Water has stood on the small seedlings that have sprouted, while acres sit idly by, too wet to plant.

Major flooding has hit ...

[RockinRight]

You could start by not putting food in our gas tanks...

[television is just wrong]

exactly. drill baby drill. stop trying to use ethanol and other grain based fuels in our gas tank.

[GOPyouth]

You could start by not putting food in our gas tanks...

DING DING DING...We have a WINNAAAH!

[o_zarkman44]

Plant a garden and quit importing veggies from Mexico and china.

I have the makings of a great blackberry wine crop, tomatoes coming on the vines should be ready to pick in a couple weeks make great sauce and salsa with the peppers coming on. Zuchinni is coming on makes great bread and is also good deep fried. Cukes and Melons come later. Cabbage is looking good. Radishes have been poor though because of all the rain, not developing roots. Plenty of green onions in the freezer already chopped. Carrots coming on nicely.

Why pay $2 a pound for contaminated tomatoes and spinach?
Why ship produce 2000 miles when it can be grown more efficiently locally? Agriculture has always been dependent on the weather. Farming is one big gamble on the averages. But climate change is screwing up the food. It’s called bad weather. Wait a day and it will change.

[ccmay]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear, what ever shall we do? No farmer ever faced bad weather before this year. We're all gonna starve! It's George Bush's fault.

-ccm

[o_zarkman44]

Grab you a bite of field corn and chew it if you can. Then you will understand why it is better processed into something useful.

[GOPJ]

You could start by not putting food in our gas tanks...

Great comment. Will DooPid liberals will have us converting steak to energy for our cars next?

[whipitgood]

Of course we all know that those property rights guys know everything about agriculture, including how to accurately forecast the future.

[elpinta]

“Plant a garden and quit importing veggies from Mexico and china.”

Right you are!
For all those that can (have the room, etc.), that is the way to go.
Nothing like veggies that actually have some taste, uh?
Gardening (and planning for winter) skills are getting lost.

[gogogodzilla]

Done that for a total of four years.

All you have to do... to find grilled/steamed field corn for sale at the corner kiosks... is travel to Asia.

[dr_lew]

Just turn off the TV! Here is the "devastated" American midwest from space, as of this afternoon. That's Lake Winnipeg on the upper left, and the 100W meridian runs through the Missouri River below it. The Mississippi runs along the 90W meridian at the right of the image. You can see Lake Michigan on the upper right.

On Thursday's images, I could actually see the bulge in the Mississippi around St. Louis by going to 250m resolution. See it?

[17th Miss Regt]

Will DooPid liberals will have us converting steak to energy for our cars next?

Don't give them ideas. They are incredibly gullible.

[steelyourfaith]

From the link:

" « Embryonic Stem Cell Research: From a Personal Perspective of a Blind Individual | Main June 22, 2008 Property Rights Expert Predicts Dire Future For American Agriculture: Global Intrigue + More Will Escalate Food Prices Drastically   What will a loaf of bread cost next year?   Guest Commentary by Joyce Morrison Joyce Morrison is a pro-family activist whose field of expertise includes private property rights.  Morrison attempts to educate the public regarding the dangers coming to their local communities through Sustainable Development and Agenda 21 programs which are designed to gradually take control of all private property through undue regulations. The mere thought of a food shortage in America is unthinkable…or is it?    Headlines read, “Planting season weather perplexing for farmers.” “Weather may cut yields,” “Further spike in food costs feared due to floods,”  “Food shortages,” -- these are headlines preparing us for the fact we will no longer have the cheapest, safest food in the world.   All spring the breadbasket of America has been deluged with floods, wind storms, tornados, heavy rain and hail.  Illinois has even felt tremors from earthquakes.  Farmers have struggled for their fields to be dry enough to get a crop planted only to have the seeds pounded in the ground by more rain.  Beans break their necks trying to get through the crust left by the hard rains -- and they have to be replanted.  Water has stood on the small seedlings that have sprouted, while acres sit idly by, too wet to plant.   Major flooding has hit the whole area including Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Minnesota…on top of devastating tornadoes.  Upland fields have been flooded by 5 to 10 inches of rain in one storm.   In Central Illinois there have been reports of enough standing water in the fields that when the wind is blowing, there are big waves.  Water standing on crops for more than a couple of days will drown the plants.   We have had cold weather when it should have been warm.  We have had warm weather when it should have been cold.  People are skiing on fresh snow in Colorado…in June.    Major cities in Iowa have flooded and, as the waters recede, the Mississippi River is flooding communities and fields down river as it travels to the Gulf of Mexico.  Thousands of acres of rich farmland are now under water.   Some of the richest farm ground in the nation will not produce a crop this year because the flood waters will not recede in time to allow the ground to dry to plant.  Farmers in other parts of the country are suffering from drought.  Fires have become common in California and Florida.   Corn did not get planted in a timely manner this spring.  The growing crop will not produce as well because the July heat will injure the pollen that is necessary to fill the ears with grains of corn.  It is too late to replant corn and very chancy on beans, if the weather turns hot and dry.

  What is going on?  People who have survived many disasters in their lifetime are shaking their heads in disbelief.  This time it is different.  Man-made global warming is not causing this.  31,000 scientists dispute man has caused global warming--in spite of what Al Gore says. "

 

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