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The source you linked shows "Spring Wheat" at it's lowest projected production since 2012, which is how far back this goes. Winter wheat was obviously not affec
by mixologic 5y ago
The source you linked shows "Spring Wheat" at it's lowest projected production since 2012, which is how far back this goes. Winter wheat was obviously not affected by the heatwave, because it was already harvested by then.
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/swmap.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/swmap.... shows that yields per state vary, but anywhere from 22% down in ID to 46.8%.
The spring wheat crops are doing very poorly, and is very alarming.
- chrisco255 5y agohttps://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/awprod.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/awprod... Here's the production charts. We had 1.83 billion bushels last year and 1.75 billion this year. Its only Spring Wheat which was affected but Winter Wheat is at all time highs. See this chart, for example: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/swyld.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Field_Crops/swyld.... 2021 is anamolously bad for spring wheat. 2018 through 2020 were record high years for spring wheat on the contrary. Trend for yield is up and to the right. Weather disasters happen, like the droughts we had in the 1930s that caused the Dust Bowl. At any rate, don't forget to zoom out.