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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
Kansas Wheat Harvest Ruined |
2007-06-19 |
Sodden wheat lies flat in fields across southern Kansas. Insurance companies are writing off acreage as total losses. Test weights for the few truckloads of grain straggling into area elevators are awful. And it is still sprinkling. The start of the 2007 Kansas wheat harvest will long be remembered for its shattered prospects. After seven years of drought, the wet winter and even wetter spring had nourished a crop that once promised a bin-busting harvest. But that was before the Easter weekend freeze, before the disease pressure, before the insect infestations and the heavy rains. Before the floods. But there is a bright side for farmers. While the untimely rains at harvest time have wreaked havoc on the Kansas wheat crop, the moisture has helped spring-planted crops like corn, soybeans and sorghum thrive. |
Posted by:Bobby |
#7 Sell the crap to the Chinese. |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-19 23:18 |
#6 For the city folk. I remember one year when the heat was in the 90's, corn was 7-8 foot tall, you could stand in the field on a windless day and actually hear the corn grow. Kind of a quiet snapping sound. Holy Cow! that's TALL CORN TALK Icerigger!! >:) |
Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-06-19 21:30 |
#5 But will it affect the ethanol corn harvest? No. If the heat is up the corn will love it. For the city folk. I remember one year when the heat was in the 90's, corn was 7-8 foot tall, you could stand in the field on a windless day and actually hear the corn grow. Kind of a quiet snapping sound. |
Posted by: Icerigger 2007-06-19 16:36 |
#4 We had SNOWFALL in APRIL which severely damaged wheat yields. And believe me drought is an everpresent threat here. We're in the Great Plains after all. |
Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2007-06-19 13:18 |
#3 The irony of farming is that a good harvest is only good if you are the only farmer who has it. If everybody has one, it can be worse than a bad harvest. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-06-19 10:34 |
#2 But will it affect the ethanol corn harvest? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-19 10:27 |
#1 That's it, I'm moving to the Darfur. Somewhere where my family can have a fighting chance at prosperity. |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-19 08:49 |