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Post by SA Hunter on Aug 27, 2020 20:36:10 GMT 10
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Post by spinifex on Aug 28, 2020 7:48:01 GMT 10
Interesting.
Although if it really was 'unsurvivable' a death toll of 4 seems quite low. Over-sensationalism in the media is getting worse every day.
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Post by bug on Aug 28, 2020 8:44:23 GMT 10
"Food crisis panic" was my favourite a couple of weeks ago. Reporters seem to be on a quota system for bullshit buzzwords.
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Post by Tim Horton on Aug 31, 2020 3:17:13 GMT 10
A friend on another forum where a poster saying his brother sells farm equipment in that area..
How is that for 3 -4th hand info, but most likely more accurate info than most other sources..
The brother saying most of the rice crop there was already in.. The sugar cane crop will recover by harvest time with minimal loss..
Essentially saying... No reason to panic about food prices and availability as that area and products are concerned..
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Post by Tim Horton on Sept 1, 2020 11:24:15 GMT 10
A friend on another forum where a poster saying his brother sells farm equipment in that area..
How is that for 3 -4th hand info, but most likely more accurate info than most other sources..
The brother saying most of the rice crop there was already in.. The sugar cane crop will recover by harvest time with minimal loss..
Essentially saying... No reason to panic about food prices and availability as that area and products are concerned..
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Friend near Omaha Nebraska US saying the Derecho (strait line, horizontal winds) wind storms that went through near there have destroyed 40% of the Iowa state corn crop.. Not sure if, how it can even be salvaged for rough fodder let alone anything else.. This is a significant loss.. Also saying a lot of the storage capacity was wrecked as well.. Look for this to make a difference in the grocery shelves..
Otherwise.. All is still wet, cool, slow for this part of the bush..
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Post by kelabar on Sept 1, 2020 14:59:17 GMT 10
Friend near Omaha Nebraska US saying the Derecho (strait line, horizontal winds) wind storms that went through near there have destroyed 40% of the Iowa state corn crop.. Not sure if, how it can even be salvaged for rough fodder let alone anything else.. This is a significant loss.. Also saying a lot of the storage capacity was wrecked as well.. Look for this to make a difference in the grocery shelves.. TBH this may be an exaggeration. I often see stories about how crops have been 'destroyed'. Ends up being they were just blown over, the farmers just use lifters to pick it up again and most of it is harvested fine. But that isn't very 'newsworthy'. "Mass crop losses, we are all going to die" along with stern looks from newsreaders is better for selling advertising. |
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 2, 2020 2:41:18 GMT 10
Since my daughter and son in law own a crop spraying business in that area will make a point to ask them! My husband and I lived in Northern Missouri corn country for almost 2 decades. My husband grew up there. He feels that the worst thing the area ever did was take out the trees. Half a century ago every field had windrows/hedgerows of trees surrounding them that helped to break the wind. Now to accommodate huge machinery they remove all vegetation between fields and to the roads so they can farm every square inch. Results wind storms/dust storms. They learned nothing from the dust bowl.
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 3, 2020 3:48:25 GMT 10
A friend on another forum where a poster saying his brother sells farm equipment in that area.. How is that for 3 -4th hand info, but most likely more accurate info than most other sources.. The brother saying most of the rice crop there was already in.. The sugar cane crop will recover by harvest time with minimal loss.. Essentially saying... No reason to panic about food prices and availability as that area and products are concerned.. +++++++ To add.... Friend near Omaha Nebraska US saying the Derecho (strait line, horizontal winds) wind storms that went through near there have destroyed 40% of the Iowa state corn crop.. Not sure if, how it can even be salvaged for rough fodder let alone anything else.. This is a significant loss.. Also saying a lot of the storage capacity was wrecked as well.. Look for this to make a difference in the grocery shelves.. Otherwise.. All is still wet, cool, slow for this part of the bush.. Is There a Corn Shortage? Iowa Derecho Damage |
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 3, 2020 9:38:38 GMT 10
A friend on another forum where a poster saying his brother sells farm equipment in that area.. How is that for 3 -4th hand info, but most likely more accurate info than most other sources.. The brother saying most of the rice crop there was already in.. The sugar cane crop will recover by harvest time with minimal loss.. Essentially saying... No reason to panic about food prices and availability as that area and products are concerned.. +++++++ To add.... Friend near Omaha Nebraska US saying the Derecho (strait line, horizontal winds) wind storms that went through near there have destroyed 40% of the Iowa state corn crop.. Not sure if, how it can even be salvaged for rough fodder let alone anything else.. This is a significant loss.. Also saying a lot of the storage capacity was wrecked as well.. Look for this to make a difference in the grocery shelves.. Otherwise.. All is still wet, cool, slow for this part of the bush.. Is There a Corn Shortage? Iowa Derecho Damage Be interesting to see if any of the shortages happen! And what impact it has on prices. |
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Post by dirtdiva on Sept 3, 2020 11:18:14 GMT 10
Be interesting to see if any of the shortages happen! And what impact it has on prices. Flour, corn flour, corn starch and cornmeal were in short supply long before this weather event. Unsure why! Trying to keep up with these odd shortages is like trying to catch the wind. |
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