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Ice Age Farmer
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Massive "derecho" devastates US corn crop, with tens of millions of acres of corn affected. As well, many grain silos and elevators were destroyed, and with them tons of "on farm storage" -- what remains of the US Strategic Grain Reserve. Yields will be reduced for ALL of those acres, particularly where damage was severe or irrigation was destroyed.
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I have lived in central Iowa all my life (50+ years) and have witnessed tornadoes, including an F5 and severe storms with straight line winds here, but I have never seen a storm like today's. Our power lines & poles (which were just replaced over the last couple of years) are laying across the highways and roads for miles and miles. Most of the grain bins that I've seen destroyed were empty or low. I'm sure others were not so lucky. The corn fields are all flat. Utility poles that are upright often have another stuck on top at a 90 degree angle. Things aren't twisted up like a tornado, but the damage goes across the majority of the state and 100 miles wide. It's insane. It's hard to tell right now how much corn has been lost and how much can be salvaged. Much of the area that was hit the hardest was in a drought to begin with. It seems like we just can't have a nice soaking rain these days. It's nothing or comes down so hard and fast that it just runs off or floods. There are not a lot of farms here that use irrigation, but there are some. The bean fields look ok next to the downed corn, but I haven't been out in the field for a closer look. Power outages everywhere. We just got ours back!
If this isn't an additional load of bad news to a massive pile.
Theyr trying to destroy all the world's crops to starve most of the population of our world! Buy your veggie seeds before they vanish from the shelves! Stock up on lots of potatoes! Grow your potatoes in bags and buckets pots and tubs! Stock up on flour and rice, tin foods and dried beans and fruits! This winter is going to be hard and foodstuffs will be in short supply!
if 100% OF FARM WORKERS tested positive then they don't have to worry about catching covid Let the go back to work
