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BuckSutherland
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https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu...ated-37-7-million-acres-of-farmland-impacted/
For some perspective MN has about 8 million acres of corn annually, Iowa has about 13 million acres of corn, Wisconsin maybe 3 million. A lot of the corn broken over in Iowa is just going to rot in the field. Most of that corn was likely in the dough stage right before the kernels begin to dent. Now that the stalks are broken and injured their will be no way for the plants to fill the ear. I have seen LOTS of images on Twitter of moldy ears of corn already. If I had to bet today I would say the minimum loss of corn from this storm is north of 500 million bushels, and likely closer to 1 billion bushels. Total crop nationwide was estimated at 15 billion bushels before the storm. I really REALLY feel bad for anyone that needs corn to chop silage for their cattle and now a 36 county area is basically wiped out. This is gonna crush some livestock guys hard.
For some perspective MN has about 8 million acres of corn annually, Iowa has about 13 million acres of corn, Wisconsin maybe 3 million. A lot of the corn broken over in Iowa is just going to rot in the field. Most of that corn was likely in the dough stage right before the kernels begin to dent. Now that the stalks are broken and injured their will be no way for the plants to fill the ear. I have seen LOTS of images on Twitter of moldy ears of corn already. If I had to bet today I would say the minimum loss of corn from this storm is north of 500 million bushels, and likely closer to 1 billion bushels. Total crop nationwide was estimated at 15 billion bushels before the storm. I really REALLY feel bad for anyone that needs corn to chop silage for their cattle and now a 36 county area is basically wiped out. This is gonna crush some livestock guys hard.
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
Well it looks like my food plots will have to rely on winter rye and clover this year. It got down to 26 last night, I had planted turnips and radishes in July, but nothing really came from them. So I let it ride until Labor Day and planted an oats, sunflower, and winter rye mix into all of my plots. Pretty sure if the sunflower, or oats even came up, they would be done now. Good thing it is a heavy acorn crop year to get them into the rut.
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
First frost is usually mid September- early October, so it isnt out of the norm. But I was just hoping to get a few more weeks of growth to my newly planted seed.
trampledbyturtles
5 year old buck +
Snow hail.?.?.
That's a new one for me.
Pea sized snowballs pelting me as I feed the spring chicks.
My poor pears dont stand a chance..
That's a new one for me.
Pea sized snowballs pelting me as I feed the spring chicks.
My poor pears dont stand a chance..
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Turkey Creek
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To say that the weather has become anything less than frustrating would be an understatement! I am pretty sure I called Mother Nature alot of nasty words yesterday. These weird ass weather anomalies are getting old. Pick one and stick with it! We only got to 30 degrees two nights ago and 33 last night, but they are calling for 29 degrees tonight before we begin a "warming" trend. With the amount of cloudy, dreary, cool days I am starting to think we live in the Pacific NW.
bigbendmarine
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I'd brag about our lovely weather in North Florida right now and/or moan just a bit about it being a tad bit nippy @ 48 degrees this morning... but... only a month or so before hurricane season kicks in, so...
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Anytime there’s any bad weather I am! Been watching for the last couple hours. We had big hail earlier
I like Ryan over Max, I dont know which one is better as far meteorologist.
