I live in Indiana; we are in one of the worst droughts I can remember. The corn is stunted, and got virtually no rain during the June/July pollination period. The corn crop here will be a disaster. The beans don’t look as bad, but I suspect they won’t be much better than the corn crop. From what I hear, Wisconsin, Illinois & Iowa also suffered from drought.
It will be a bloodbath on the grain markets, and the farmers are going to get the shaft because no matter what happens to grain prices, the yields just won’t be there.
Goes to show yet another fallacy of a “green energy” initiative. Ethanol production will suffer, and it will be more expensive to dilute our gasoline with it. It’s stupid to shackle our energy prices to something that depends on fickle weather.
Ethanol belongs in a cold drink in my hand, not in my gas tank.
The comments on the link suggest that the movement of earth's magnetic north pole is responsible for the shift of the jet stream and consequent change of weather patterns. The pole has been moving so much that airports are having to repaint the magnetic orientation on the ends of the runways. This shift of the magnetic pole happens periodically. There isn't squat anyone can do about it.
The USDA is predicting the third highest yield in history according to articles last week.