USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought
Posted by Creepyfaction@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 25 comments
Posted by Creepyfaction@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 25 comments
Nook_n_Cranny1@reddit
Humans looked at the climate crisis and said, “What if we added data centers that drink rivers so we can generate infinite cat photos to boost our profits?”
Wollemi793@reddit
I'm in the one of Australia's major wheat growing areas and this year looks like being a very small harvest. Farmers here got hit with high prices for (or not available at all) diesel and fertiliser, compounded by dry weather and now a mouse plague.
rmontalvan@reddit
Omg
futuriztic@reddit
Right into super el nino next year!
BigHeadDeadass@reddit
El Nino increases rainfall but shears hurricanes right? Does it cause drought in the country
He2oinMegazord@reddit
It depends. Sometimes the rainfall totals are the same, but happen in heavy bursts causing flooding but not ending the drought. Heres a little article that focuses mostly on the southern us.
https://www.drought.gov/news/el-nino-horizon-can-warm-phase-end-six-years-drought-southern-plains-us-2026-03-11
Jovan_Knight005@reddit
Don't forget the continuous rise of oil, petroleum and LNG prices in many countries around the world. Not to mention fertilizer shortages.
prolveg@reddit
Quick, someone get what little water we have left pumped to a data center!
PossibleAlienFrom@reddit
Or to Nestle.
Cpt_Bartholomew@reddit
:(
SeVenMadRaBBits@reddit
Almost seems planned
urnewstepdaddy@reddit
Don’t forget not enough fertilizer and rising oil cost
RedneckMarxist@reddit
Vodka prices!!!
TrickyProfit1369@reddit
my wallet reduced to atoms
shwhjw@reddit
Smallest US wheat harvest so far.
petricadia@reddit
Love me a good polycrisis. Who coined the term catabolic collapse again? I feel like we're rapidly approaching it. Energy crisis, fertilizer crisis, super El Nino, Midwest drought... A lot of people are going to starve :(
Dron22@reddit
And possibly another pandemic with Hantavirus.
GlockAF@reddit
Self-correction
floopadoop37@reddit
Fuck
9966seg9966@reddit
Took the words rigbt out of my mouth
Mostest_Importantest@reddit
Word
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Creepyfaction:
"USDA forecasts historic wheat lows and record soybean gains amid drought, trade tensions, and rising input costs for the 2026/27 season."
The causation being multiple pressure points, the USA being one of the largest producers of food facing a decline in production can have reverberating effects around the world that is also grappling with similar issues in food production and supply. The rising cost of food precedes social upheavals and the state of the world is dangerously spiraling towards the edge.
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phillymatt07@reddit
Dust Bowl 2.0 here we go!!!
Creepyfaction@reddit (OP)
"USDA forecasts historic wheat lows and record soybean gains amid drought, trade tensions, and rising input costs for the 2026/27 season."
The causation being multiple pressure points, the USA being one of the largest producers of food facing a decline in production can have reverberating effects around the world that is also grappling with similar issues in food production and supply.
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