Worst Texas Drought in 44 Years Eroding Wheat, Beef Supply as Food Rallies

March 24th, 2011

Via: Bloomberg:

The worst Texas drought in 44 years is damaging the state’s wheat crop and forcing ranchers to reduce cattle herds, as rising demand for U.S. food sends grain and meat prices higher.

Texas, the biggest U.S. cattle producer and second-largest winter-wheat grower, got just 4.7 inches (12 centimeters) of rain on average in the five months through February, the least for the period since 1967, State Climatologist John Nielsen- Gammon said. More than half the wheat fields and pastures were rated in poor or very poor condition on March 20.

Dry conditions extending to Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado may cut crop yields in the U.S., the world’s largest exporter, as too much moisture threatens fields in North Dakota and in Canada. Wheat futures in Chicago are up 50 percent in the past year, after drought in Russia and floods in Australia hurt output and sent global food prices surging. Wholesale beef reached a record this week, and the U.S. cattle herd in January was the smallest since 1958.

2 Responses to “Worst Texas Drought in 44 Years Eroding Wheat, Beef Supply as Food Rallies”

  1. tenzenmen says:

    Chemtrails and weather modification anyone?

  2. Eileen says:

    @tensenmen
    Not sure about those issues re Texas. Because of the Bush family, I think those who spread chemtrails and operate the HAARP’s around the world tend to be kind to them Texan folk, and leave things to Nature. And finding herself unimpeded and not interrupted, Mother Nature probably goes to somewhere where she is really needed. For examle, places without HAARP installations nearby, etc.
    Myself, I think the HAARP has overstepped their bounds entirely and beyond comprehension. Someone, perhaps in Indionesia, Haiti, and now Japan will get the gumption and funding up to bomb this sack of shit bullshit to smithereens. And whoever does it, I thank you in advance, for your time and consideration.

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