{"id":1976787,"date":"2023-07-18T21:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-year-to-remember-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-farmers-face-crop-disaster-as-weather-throws-wrench-in-harvesting-plans\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:43:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:43:45","slug":"a-year-to-remember-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-farmers-face-crop-disaster-as-weather-throws-wrench-in-harvesting-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-year-to-remember-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-farmers-face-crop-disaster-as-weather-throws-wrench-in-harvesting-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers&#8217; Harvesting Plans Thwarted by Disastrous Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-year-to-remember-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-farmers-face-crop-disaster-as-weather-throws-wrench-in-harvesting-plans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trouble in the Fields: \u200bDrought\u2064 and Downpours Threaten America&#8217;s Crops<\/h2>\n<p>There is trouble brewing \u200din the\u2062 fields that produce a significant\u2062 portion \u2063of America&#8217;s wheat and \u2062corn. \u2063An abnormal \u2064pattern\u200b of \u2062drought and downpours is wreaking havoc\u200c on crops, causing\u2062 some to wither \u200baway and leaving\u200b others at risk of \u2062rotting where\u2062 they stand.<\/p>\n<p>In Nebraska, the drought\u2062 conditions were so severe\u2062 that farmer Ryan \u200cKrenk described his cornfield as looking \u200c&#8221;like \u2064death.&#8221;\u2063 The sight\u200c was so disheartening \u200dthat he\u200d didn&#8217;t \u200ceven want \u200bto look\u2063 at it. \u200d&#8221;It \u200cwas \u2062sickening, just absolutely sickening.\u200d I\u2063 didn&#8217;t want the memory,&#8221; \u200bKrenk lamented.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u200b class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u2062dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crop yields are expected to be down for some Kansas farmers as \u200dpersistent drought \u200bconditions persist across \u200dthe state and \u2064precipitation remains below average. \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/drought?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#drought<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gF8HpypPOd\">https:\/\/t.co\/gF8HpypPOd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Successful \u200cFarming\u2062 (@SuccessfulFarm) <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuccessfulFarm\/status\/1681110820665675777?\">July\u2063 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While \u2063rain \u200chas finally arrived\u2062 in the Midwest, it\u2064 has \u200bbrought its \u2062own set of challenges. The\u200c downpours have \u200dslowed down the work\u200c of harvesters who are\u200d already \u200cfacing tight\u2062 deadlines. The\u200b disrupted\u200c timing of crop maturation has further complicated the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report\u200d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/harvesting-crews-hustle-to-bring-in-wheat-crop-hit-by-drought-late-rains-2f000c8f?mod=e2tw\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u2062 Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the harvest of \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-pompeo-rebuts-romney-blaming-america-first-for-ukraine-crisis-only-thing-that-changed-is-biden-not-trump-in-white-house\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Pompeo Rebuts Romney Blaming America First for Ukraine Crisis: \u2018Only Thing\u2019 That Changed is Biden not Trump in White House\">winter wheat<\/a> \u200din Kansas is significantly behind schedule. Normally, \u206390 percent of \u200dthe crop\u2063 would \u2062have been harvested by July 10, but this \u200byear, only 60 percent has been harvested. Harvesters who \u2062usually\u2064 move \u2064from field to\u200c field have \u200dbeen forced\u2063 to leave Kansas and \u200dhead to other states like Colorado or South \u200bDakota.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They \u200dhave\u200c begun\u2064 harvest\u200d in \u2062central\u200d South Dakota already,&#8221;\u2063 shared \u2064harvester Brian Jones. &#8220;That&#8217;s a major\u200c issue as\u200b there is\u2062 no way to \u200dget \u200cto our \u2063Nebraska\u2063 stop in\u2063 between.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2063 has become\u200b &#8220;a year to remember for all the \u200dwrong\u2063 reasons,&#8221; \u2064Jones added.<\/p>\n<p>For traveling harvesters, the \u200bnatural\u200b rhythms of\u2064 crop maturation \u200care crucial to \u200btheir work. \u200cWithout proper\u200b timing, crops can go bad, falling on\u200b the ground or \u200csprouting and \u2062rotting.\u2063 It&#8217;s a\u200d challenging situation for these\u200d laborers who rely on \u2062just-in-time \u2064operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" \u2062lang=\"en\">Each May, a procession of <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/harvest?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#harvest<\/a> crews\u2062 &#038; their \u2063combines\u200b set off from Texas to cut wheat, following\u200b south-to-north \u200droutes \u2062that have been trod\u200c by\u200c generations<\/p>\n<p>We \u2062follow some in\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kansas?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kansas<\/a>, \u2063where drought has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-year-to-remember-for-all-the-wrong-reasons-farmers-face-crop-disaster-as-weather-throws-wrench-in-harvesting-plans\/\" title=\"Farmers' Harvesting Plans Thwarted by Disastrous Weather\">stunted crops &#038; late rains<\/a> have delayed \u2063their work<a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lw6gcuWWCZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lw6gcuWWCZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shannon\u200b (@ShannonNajma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShannonNajma\/status\/1681291173720096771?\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The disrupted harvest schedule is \u200dnot only affecting\u200c the farmers\u2064 but also their customers.\u2062 Greg Doering of the Kansas Farm Bureau highlighted the challenge of managing customers whose fields are ready to be cut while the\u200d harvesters are still several hundred \u200bmiles\u2062 away.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u2064dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kansas \u200bnormally produces about 25% of winter\u2062 wheat\u2063 in \u200dthe U.S. \u200bwinter \u2064wheat \u2062crop, but that may not happen\u200d this year due to\u200b prolonged drought.<\/p>\n<p>This U.S. Drought Monitor\u200d map \u2062shows\u2062 drought \u2064intensity as\u200d of June 20,\u200d 2023, with 79% of Kansas in\u2062 a\u200b drought. \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ubJl4x6cZG\">https:\/\/t.co\/ubJl4x6cZG<\/a> <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/stDzF6yCh5\">pic.twitter.com\/stDzF6yCh5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAEarth\/status\/1672237875386101763?\">June\u2062 23,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even when the harvesters manage to complete a\u2064 field, there is little joy this year\u2062 due to the light harvests caused by the\u2062 unfavorable \u2063weather conditions. \u200bThe \u200clow yield\u200b translates \u200dto\u2063 significantly reduced income for the acres they\u200b do \u2063harvest. \u200cThis year \u200dis proving to be one of \u2064the most\u2063 disappointing and challenging\u2064 harvests in\u200b the past 15 years,\u200b according to Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture concurs\u200b with \u2062this assessment.\u2062 In its July wheat production summary, it stated that\u200d this year&#8217;s harvest is the \u2064lowest level\u2063 of U.S. exports\u2063 since 1971\/72. \u200dFor hard red wheat, it would\u200c be the second smallest \u2062crop since 1963\/64.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s truly \u2063&#8221;a year to \u200bremember for all the wrong \u2063reasons&#8221; for \u200bfarmers facing a crop disaster as the weather throws a\u2064 wrench in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-democrats-cry-voter-suppression-over-a-law-that-will-restrict-ballot-harvesting-plans\/\" title=\"Georgia Democrats Cry \u2018Voter Suppression\u2019 Over A Law That Will Restrict Ballot Harvesting Plans\">harvesting plans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/year-remember-wrong-reasons-farmers-face-crop-disaster-weather-throws-wrench-harvesting-plans\/\">&#8216;A Year to Remember\u2064 for\u200b All the Wrong Reasons&#8217;:\u200b Farmers Face \u200cCrop Disaster as Weather Throws Wrench in Harvesting \u200cPlans<\/a> appeared\u200c first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drought and downpours disrupt wheat and corn production in America. Crops are ruined or at risk of rotting due to abnormal weather patterns. Nebraska&#8217;s drought was severe, leaving farmer Ryan Krenk&#8217;s cornfield resembling a lifeless scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1976788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}