Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,
An unprecedented October blizzard that hit just before harvest time has absolutely devastated farms all across the U.S. heartland.
As you will see below, one state lawmaker in North Dakota is saying that the crop losses will be “as devastating as we’ve ever seen”. This is the exact scenario that I have been warning about for months, and now it has materialized. Due to endless rain and horrific flooding early in the year, many farmers in the middle of the country faced very serious delays in getting their crops planted. So we really needed good weather at the end of the season so that the crops could mature and be harvested in time, and that did not happen. Instead, the historic blizzard that we just witnessed dumped up to 2 feet of snow from Colorado to Minnesota. In fact, one city in North Dakota actually got 30 inches of snow. In the end, this is going to go down as one of the worst crop disasters that the Midwest has ever seen, and ultimately this crisis is going to affect all of us.
According to the USDA, only 15 percent of all U.S. corn and only 14 percent of all U.S. soybeans had been harvested as of October 6th…
Only 58% of U.S. corn was mature as of Oct. 6 and just 15% was harvested, according to the latest data from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). North Dakota’s crop was furthest behind, with just 22% of corn mature and none harvested as of Sunday, while South Dakota’s corn was 36% mature with 2% harvested.
U.S. soybeans were only 14% harvested as of Sunday, 20 percentage points behind the average pace, USDA data showed. North Dakota and Minnesota beans were just 8% gathered while Iowa’s and South Dakota’s crop was only 5% harvested.
So that means that the vast majority of our corn and the vast majority of our soybeans were exposed to this giant storm, and the losses are going to be off the charts.
I want you to consider the next quote very carefully. According to North Dakota state lawmaker Jon Nelson, we should expect “massive crop losses – as devastating as we’ve ever seen”…
The early season snowstorm showed no mercy to some farmers and ranchers, especially in North Dakota.
“I’m expecting massive crop losses – as devastating as we’ve ever seen,” said Jon Nelson, a state lawmaker who farms several hundred acres near Rugby in north-central North Dakota.
Unharvested wheat in the region probably will be a total loss, he told the Associated Press.
Please let that last sentence sink in.
Yes, “a total loss” really does mean “a total loss”.
Millions upon millions of acres of wheat and soybeans that were about to be harvested are now completely gone.
In some parts of the state, the snow drifts are “as high as 5 feet”, and this is going to leave many farmers “without a crop to sell”…
Snowdrifts in the Jamestown area rose as high as 5 feet, said Ryan Wanzek, who farms land south and west of the city. In his fields, corn and soybean crops sit unharvested after near-historic rainfall late this summer.
It’s a situation farmers across the state are facing, and without a crop to sell, Wanzek is worried many of them will run into cash flow problems.
If all this sounds “bad” to you, then you should go back and read the first part of this article again.
This isn’t just bad. We are talking about complete and utter devastation that will have ripple effects for years to come.
Of course corn and soybeans are not the only crops that have been affected. According to one expert, things are looking “pretty bleak” for the region’s potatoes as well…
With more than half of North Dakota’s potatoes still in the field, the outlook for harvesting a good quality crop after the latest round of rain and snowfall is poor.
“It’s pretty bleak,” said Ted Kreis, Northern Potato Growers Association marketing and communications director. As of Sunday, Oct. 6, 45 percent of North Dakota’s potato crop had been harvested, National Agricultural Statistics Service-North Dakota said. Last year, 73 percent of the state’s potato fields had been harvested by that day, the statistics service said. On average, 69 percent of the North Dakota crop is harvested as of Oct. 6.
In case you are wondering, yes, this is going to affect you very much.
Just think about what you eat on a daily basis. How many of those items contain corn, soy or potatoes?
If you are anything like most Americans, at least one of those ingredients can be found in most of the packaged foods that you consume.
Needless to say, food prices are going to go up. If you are wealthy and you don’t need to worry about food prices, then good for you.
But if you are like most of the country and your finances are already tight, this is going to hurt.
I very much encourage you to stock up and get prepared, because we are facing a major shift.
This was already going to be one of the worst years ever for Midwest farmers, and now this storm has put an exclamation mark on an absolutely horrific growing season.
Nobody is sure exactly what is coming next, but since we all have to eat, the truth is that every man, woman and child in America should be deeply concerned about what just happened.
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Yes, we do know what’s coming next. John Casey, Valentina Zharkova and others like the YT sites Adapt 2030 and Ice Age Farmer have been sounding the warnings for years. 2023 will be even worse. I’ve been harping for 2 years to expect this. “Buy long John’s, not Bermuda shorts”.
How is the globull warming crowd going to explain this? Total avoidance, I suspect.
No they listened, give them credit, top brass knew they were in trouble, hence the climate change, evolution. They can blame the cold on CO2 now as well.
They will get Carbon tax, it will evolve into everything tax, and permanent funding for thier permanent Global Governance will be secure.
Rev_6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Rev 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Hate this global warming.
I still have a few cases of those black and white segregated beans from the LDS family storage facilities of longagofaraway. I was informed they don’t do “open to the public” canning of dried foods any longer.
However, with postage rates what they are, I will not be mailing these anywhere.
There are still a few crops in the fields here, but mostly the ones that made anything are harvested. The others will just freeze this next week.
MG, I’m pretty sure LDS still does the canned food service for the public. About3 months ago we visited them and bought some stuff. I’m almost certain they will deliver their stuff via UPS/FED EX.
It’s by and large great stuff at reasonable prices.
Hey guess what….sometimes the weather sucks ass and wrecks your crops, kills your livestock and occasionally you and your family…..Farmer’s finances were already a bit stressed in the Midwest due to flooding/late planting and tariff externalities from China/India etc. The farmers do have crop insurance but they would much rather be selling crops vs. taking the insurance.
Snyder is a Chicken Little….we have the most productive (even if it is soulless, GMO corporate frankenfood) Ag sector on the planet by far….thanks to amazing soils, plenty of water and applied bioscience and technology.
Next to Snyder chicken little is all optimist.
On the plus side, I didn’t have to water my lawn all year.
Michael Snyder is the epitome of Doom Porn. I am ASHAMED that this cocksucker went to UVA. People like him are exactly why the average American will be grossly unprepared for any event outside the three-sigma rule of thumb.
Funny or not, Dr. Sircus was how I found this site many years go. The guy is legit. Thanks Doc and Admin for everything. Would love to contribute more but got two boys in school and the debt thing going on. Awesome to meet you and Avalon. Peace.
Keep at your preps. And remember the axiom; without water, they don’t mean shit.
Maybee you ain’t such a Reetard after all, Bob The . . .
Besides my Big Berkley I picked up a Life Saver:
https://gearjunkie.com/lifesaver-jerrycan-portable-water-filter-review
Ag commodity markets do not reflect any cataclysmic events which foretell doom for food availability. Markets (including commodity futures) are broadly accurate representations of anticipated supply and demand in the actual grains and oilseeds. Right nw, there is no big market moves underway, and none forecast.
The Ads on the right screen are looking better Jim, except for that nasty egg ad. If nobody else can see it,then something else is at play here.
Carry on…..
On 4 July 2016 I saw a vision of the black horse of the apocalypse, and, despite its slick black form in the light of the sun, what I remember most (worst? best?) is the sound of its hoof-beats – like rhythmic peels of thunder on the skin of the earth.
I thought . . . hoped . . . we had more time, but, damn Snyder for bearing the news (if you must), but understand that he is not alone in his summation of the truth. From here, where we go – as a nation – is uncharted territory. And , here, there be monsters.
That was 39 months ago! Surely that means something?
Wheat still not harvested in October? Maybe he doesn’t know what wheat looks like. I have been a custom harvester for 8 years, harvesting wheat from Texas to North Dakota. There is no wheat in the fields in October.
I don’t care about corn and soy, don’t eat that GMO crap anyway. Sorry if you are a corn farmer and allowed yourself to be coerced into that mono cropping by big AG.
Let HSF teach you a little about diversification and direct marketing, but don’t tell Monsanto and Co, because they hate independent farmers they can’t control.
Most of what got destroyed in the fields is bad for you anyway.
Eat paleo or keto. Even myvfood doesnt eat this food.
armstrong economics agrees w/snyder about future cold & disruption–he writes here about the russian model,which others have posted on this site–
It is much more complicated than saying Marty agrees with Snyder. He doesn’t…he always rants about the herd being wrong. In this case, Snyder is part of the Doom Porn herd.
Armstrong is taking an analytics and mathematical approach to a coming cold spell that will peak most likely in 2024, retest the previous lows, but not exceed them. Think Valley Forge.
a bit more from armstrong–
…but Globull Warming!