Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972
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Was talking to family that farm in north central Kansas. They got 10 inches of rain in one night. Of rain! That is \~80 inches in snow (just as a gauge). How do you farm when it is a drought for 6 months, then rains 6 months of rain in one day??
jundis@reddit (OP)
Looks like the first signs of this years climate collapse in US agriculture are already starting to be seen.
These are the official stats from the USDA as well, so there can be some assumptions made that they are underestimating the impacts here. The one farmer quoted in the article said that he expected 30-40 bushels per irrigated acre compared to 100 last year.