Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop

[ScienceRocks]

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop
August 5th, 2017 by James Ayre

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The “flash drought” that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year’s wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
North Dakota drought. Image by U.S. Drought Monitor

What’s particularly “interesting” about the situation is how quickly the drought developed. It arose over just the last ~3 months — hence the phrase “flash drought” — and it quickly worsened. The US Drought Monitor recently upgraded the drought to “exceptional” — matching the intensity of the relatively recent drought in California, but developing over a shorter period of time.
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Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop

wow, this sucks.

 

[skookerasbil]

s0n.........don't be such a panty waist.

Check any US drought map back to 1900.......drought comes and goes.

 

[ScienceRocks]

s0n.........don't be such a panty waist.

Check any US drought map back to 1900.......drought comes and goes.

How many destroy half of the wheat?

 

[skookerasbil]

s0n.........don't be such a panty waist.

Check any US drought map back to 1900.......drought comes and goes.

How many destroy half of the wheat?

s0n...........don't be such a sucker for the bomb throwing shit. Don't worry about the wheat.......weve seen similar bomb thrower wtf threads over the years in here........everything turns out just fine s0n.

Here.......educate yourself on the real landscape on the climate, energy, politics..............

http://www.usmessageboard.com/threads/more-proof-the-skeptics-are-winning.313851/

Tons of non-msm links.........make your head spin s0n. You don't get links like in here on fake news websites that push the bomb thrower climate crusading agenda. People with the ability to connect the dots go through the above link and learn quickly what a snow job climate science is.

 

[SSDD]

"Flash" drought? what's that? A new fake term to make fake news sound more terrifying to those prone to believe whatever bullshit they are told?

 

[Old Rocks]

The U.S. Drought Is Turning Wheat Into Hay
By
Sydney Maki
and
Megan Durisin
July 18, 2017, 4:00 PM PDT July 19, 2017, 10:47 AM PDT

• Northern Plains farmers harvest before kernels can fully form
• New threat for supplies already set to shrink with fewer acres

The stunted wheat plants on Robert Ferebee’s parched North Dakota farm were in the worst condition he’d seen in almost three decades. Rather than wait until late July or early August to harvest the crop, Ferebee decided last month to cut his losses and his fields.

A drought across the northern Great Plains has forced growers like Ferebee to conclude that their wheat would be more valuable as cattle feed than baker’s flour. They are collecting the crop early -- in some cases before grain kernels have fully formed -- to avoid further damage, and then bundling the tillers and leaves into hay-like bales rather than sending them through a thresher.

While U.S. production already was expected to plunge this year because farmers planted the fewest acres in a century, the dry spell may erode output further. Prices have skyrocketed. Almost half of the country’s spring-wheat crop is grown in parts of Montana and the Dakotas that have been in severe to extreme drought for weeks, according to U.S. Drought Monitor data.
The U.S. Drought Is Turning Wheat Into Hay

PERSISTENT NORTHERN PLAINS DROUGHT HURTS CORN, BEANS ALONG WITH SPRING WHEAT

By
Tony Dreibus
7/6/2017

Spring wheat has been getting most of the recent headlines as dry weather continues to plague the Northern Plains, but corn and beans likely will start to get more attention as the crop season moves on.

Little to no rain has fallen in North Dakota, the biggest grower of spring wheat in the U.S., in the past two weeks, according to the National Weather Service. Most of South Dakota (other than a small sliver in the middle of the state) has also been dry in the past 14 days, weather maps show. As shown at right, areas of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana are moving into an extreme drought (shown in red), while other parts remain in severe (orange) and moderate drought (tan).


The persistent hot, dry weather has farmers, analysts, and traders worried about yields and production for wheat, corn, and soybeans in the region. While market-watchers have been focused mostly on spring wheat, the spotlight likely will soon turn to corn production since the Fourth of July has passed, said Chris Hyde, a meteorologist at MDA Weather Services in Gaithersburg, Maryland. (For more information on wheat, read South Dakota Wheat Farmers Bale Wheat Crop.)

Persistent Northern Plains Drought Hurts Corn, Beans Along With Spring Wheat


This translates into higher prices for groceries down the road.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop
August 5th, 2017 by James Ayre

The “flash drought” that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year’s wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
North Dakota drought. Image by U.S. Drought Monitor

What’s particularly “interesting” about the situation is how quickly the drought developed. It arose over just the last ~3 months — hence the phrase “flash drought” — and it quickly worsened. The US Drought Monitor recently upgraded the drought to “exceptional” — matching the intensity of the relatively recent drought in California, but developing over a shorter period of time.

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop

wow, this sucks.

"flash drought" is an oxymoron; like "jumbo shrimp" or "journalistic integrity."

You are an incredible sucker, Jake.

 

[miketx]

s0n.........don't be such a panty waist.

Check any US drought map back to 1900.......drought comes and goes.

How many destroy half of the wheat?

The ones that happen were liberal idiots plant wheat.

 

[Old Rocks]

The Northern Plains were in the midst of a punishing drought in July 2017. Along with a lack of rainfall, the weekly average temperature was more than 90°F for a swath of the region from Montana southward to Kansas, which further accelerated the development of extreme to exception drought in parts of Montana and North and South Dakota.

Drought conditions in the contiguous United States as of July 18, 2017. NOAA Climate.gov image from the Data Snapshots collection, based on data from the U.S. Drought Monitor project.

According to the July 18 report from the U.S. Drought Monitor project, 22% of Montana was in severe or exceptional drought. Across an additional 23% of the state, drought conditions were ranked as moderate to severe. In North Dakota, more than 70 percent of the state was in some level of drought, with 40% of that being extreme or exceptional.

Excerpts from the report…

Most stations in the region were drier than normal this week with many receiving a tenth of an inch of rain, if any. With daily temperatures exceeding 90 degrees F, the 7-day average maximum temperature was above 90 in a band from Montana to Kansas. The excessive heat increased evapotranspiration...and further dried soils, which were already parched. The heat and dryness have ravaged crops, with 61% of the spring wheat crop in poor to very poor condition in Montana and 40% in North Dakota. In South Dakota, 74% of the spring wheat was in poor to very poor condition, [as was] 38% of the corn crop, 33% of soybeans, and 45% of sorghum.

The pasture and rangeland statistics (in poor to very poor condition) were 74% for North Dakota, 68% for South Dakota, 58% for Montana, and 26% for Nebraska. As noted by the North Dakota State Climatologist, the spotty rains might have been enough to green-up the vegetation, but not enough to increase the vegetative volume. Reports from the field include many reports of extensive drop damage, livestock water holes drying up, and cattle losing weight due to poor or nonexistent grazing land.

The South Dakota State Climatologist reported that corn is in tasseling stage now; under drought stress, this can lead to an 8% yield loss per day, which is the highest rate of yield loss of any crop stage. The agricultural impacts were compounded by low streamflows. According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Ft. Peck and Ft. Belknap Tribes in Montana declared disaster emergencies in June that remain in effect; the Rocky Boy's reservation, south of Havre, is experiencing drastic water shortages; and several Tribes in the eastern part of Montana have enacted burn bans.
Exceptional drought in Northern Plains in July 2017 | NOAA Climate.gov

This is no laughing matter as it affects a major portion of our great breadbasket.

 

[Uncensored2008]

s0n.........don't be such a panty waist.

Check any US drought map back to 1900.......drought comes and goes.

How many destroy half of the wheat?

The ones that happen were liberal idiots plant wheat.

In the mid-1800's there was an incredible invention that changed the impact of droughts forever - sprinklers. We don't depend on fickle rainfall to keep crops growing, IF irrigation is heavily used, prices climb to reflect the extra costs, but destroy half the wheat crop? This ain't Uganda.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Less wheat for Monsanto to poison

 

[Old Rocks]

Supply Concerns Spur Price Rally
USDA’s July 12, 2017, Crop Production report estimated spring wheat harvested area at 10.5 million acres, down 7 percent from 2016 and the lowest harvested area since 1972. If realized, this would represent an acreage abandonment rate of 3.7 percent – higher than in recent years but potentially below market expectations given recent drought conditions.

Continued dry conditions and expectations for reduced acreage drove up settlement prices of spring wheat futures contracts substantially over the past few weeks. Spring wheat futures are offered on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Figure 3 shows the increase from a mid-May price of $5.50 per bushel to nearly $8 per bushel in early July. This 45-percent increase is a result of growing season supply concerns for new crop spring wheat.

The July 12, 2017, World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) projected 2017/18 spring wheat production to be 385 million bushels, a decrease of 22 percent compared to last year’s production. Total use for 2017/18 is projected at 561 million bushels, down 11 million bushels from the 2016/17 marketing year. Lower spring wheat production, driven by lower yields and harvested area, combined with a modest decrease in consumption would result in ending stocks of 122 million bushels, nearly half of last year’s 235 million bushels.

Spring Wheat Markets Respond to Supply Concerns

It is not only the farmers that are going to feel the effects of the drought.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop
August 5th, 2017 by James Ayre

The “flash drought” that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year’s wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
North Dakota drought. Image by U.S. Drought Monitor

What’s particularly “interesting” about the situation is how quickly the drought developed. It arose over just the last ~3 months — hence the phrase “flash drought” — and it quickly worsened. The US Drought Monitor recently upgraded the drought to “exceptional” — matching the intensity of the relatively recent drought in California, but developing over a shorter period of time.

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop

wow, this sucks.

"May"
Gawd I love this word...

But then we call farmers in the region and find out that this is not uncommon for this time of year and that a dry spell is not out of the norm.. And then it rains in the mid west the next day... LOL.. I love it when the alarmists get slapped around by mother nature..

 

[SSDD]

According to people who track wheat futures, US production is expected to be down 9% this year...part of that is due to cold weather when spring should have sprung...and the rest is due to farmers not planting wheat because the glut of wheat has driven down prices to below the break even point...when prices go back up, they will start planting wheat again...you warmers simply don't know jack...about anything.

 

[bripat9643]

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop
August 5th, 2017 by James Ayre

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The “flash drought” that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year’s wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
North Dakota drought. Image by U.S. Drought Monitor

What’s particularly “interesting” about the situation is how quickly the drought developed. It arose over just the last ~3 months — hence the phrase “flash drought” — and it quickly worsened. The US Drought Monitor recently upgraded the drought to “exceptional” — matching the intensity of the relatively recent drought in California, but developing over a shorter period of time.

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop

wow, this sucks.[/QUOTE]

The price of wheat futures is way down, bozo. If your claim were true, they would be way up.

Wheat (Globex) Monthly Commodity Futures Price Chart : CBOT

 

[bripat9643]

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop
August 5th, 2017 by James Ayre

The “flash drought” that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year’s wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
North Dakota drought. Image by U.S. Drought Monitor

What’s particularly “interesting” about the situation is how quickly the drought developed. It arose over just the last ~3 months — hence the phrase “flash drought” — and it quickly worsened. The US Drought Monitor recently upgraded the drought to “exceptional” — matching the intensity of the relatively recent drought in California, but developing over a shorter period of time.

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop

wow, this sucks.

"May"
Gawd I love this word...

But then we call farmers in the region and find out that this is not uncommon for this time of year and that a dry spell is not out of the norm.. And then it rains in the mid west the next day... LOL.. I love it when the alarmists get slapped around by mother nature..

The term "flash drought" is an oxymoron since a drought is a prolonged period with no rain.

 

[miketx]

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop
August 5th, 2017 by James Ayre

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The “flash drought” that came out of nowhere this summer in the US High Plains, afflicting Montana and the Dakotas the worst, has already destroyed more than half of this year’s wheat crop, going by some recent field surveys. Considering that the region is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, the damage is very notable.
North Dakota drought. Image by U.S. Drought Monitor

What’s particularly “interesting” about the situation is how quickly the drought developed. It arose over just the last ~3 months — hence the phrase “flash drought” — and it quickly worsened. The US Drought Monitor recently upgraded the drought to “exceptional” — matching the intensity of the relatively recent drought in California, but developing over a shorter period of time.

Flash Drought In US High Plains May Have Already Destroyed Half Of This Year’s Wheat Crop

wow, this sucks.[/QUOTE]
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