[cripplecreek]

Actually its doing fine in some places and not so fine in others.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2904675/posts

[Tenacious 1]

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.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Actually its doing fine in some places and not so fine in others.”

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.

[riri]

Here in Phoenix area, corn stalks are growing just fine. It was 112 degrees yesterday.

[sneakers]

In our county in Pa, the corn is healthy and green, except in some places where they planted rather late. Even that is starting to look pretty nice now.

[Larry Lucido]

When you write a blog called the “Economic Collapse,” everything you see has to portend an imminent collapse.

Cut yourself shaving? “World's razor supply is defective.”

Once in a while the blogger will be right on the money, and folks will forget that the rest of the blog is pulled out of the blogger’s rear end.

[goat granny]

I know you live in Michigan in a different area than I do but it has been so dry I can tell because part of my back yard borders a large area of cattail swamp....1/2 of the yard usually cannot get the grass cut because the tires of the tractor leave deep ruts due to the wet ground until around July. I was able to cut that area totally by the beginning of June.....a large part of my front yard has gone dormet. A few good rains and it will green up again...