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ljgeoffI don't know if it's been in the news much, but there's been a huge drought in South America -- Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina -- that has withered Brazil's big soybean crop by 9 percent in the past three months, and the crop in Argentina by 11 percent. Brazil and Argentina grow about half of the world's soybeans, so meat producers are seeing an increase in the the cost of feed which will be passed on to the consumer.
Remember when hamburger used to be $1/lb?
The projections for this year's US crops are good. There was a record planting in the US and the expectation is that there will be a record harvest. As long as nothing goes wrong, weather-wise.
Of course, the drought in Texas and the Southwest, and Florida, Georgia, and the Southeast is supposed to continue. It will be interesting to see how that all pans out. And who knows what's going to happen with things like tornadoes and such.
It looks like we might have a pretty mild winter again in the Great Lakes this coming winter.
The thing is with all of this expected shifts in hydrology is that I wonder what governments might be doing to make changes? Are they looking at developing new agricultural areas? I have not heard of anything.
Remember when hamburger used to be $1/lb?
The projections for this year's US crops are good. There was a record planting in the US and the expectation is that there will be a record harvest. As long as nothing goes wrong, weather-wise.
Of course, the drought in Texas and the Southwest, and Florida, Georgia, and the Southeast is supposed to continue. It will be interesting to see how that all pans out. And who knows what's going to happen with things like tornadoes and such.
It looks like we might have a pretty mild winter again in the Great Lakes this coming winter.
The thing is with all of this expected shifts in hydrology is that I wonder what governments might be doing to make changes? Are they looking at developing new agricultural areas? I have not heard of anything.