Farmers Warn That The Megadrought In The Western U.S. Threatens To Cause Devastating Crop Failures In 2021

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    This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. 

    Throughout U.S. history, there have always been droughts in the western half of the country from time to time, but what we are dealing with now is truly alarming.  Scientists tell us that a multi-year “megadrought” has developed in the southwestern portion of the country, and this is the worst year of that “megadrought” so far by a wide margin.

    If conditions do not radically improve soon, we are going to have a major agricultural disaster on our hands.  Some farmers have already decided not to plant crops at all this year, but many others have decided to plant anyway knowing that if enough rain doesn’t come their crops will certainly fail.

    As I have discussed previously, the epicenter of this “megadrought” is the Four Corners region in the Southwest, but this drought is so immense it is even causing immense nightmares for farmers as far away as North Dakota.

    In fact, the first few months of this year were the driest that North Dakota has seen in 126 years

    The period of January to March 2021 was the driest in 126 years for North Dakota. Farmers are starting to make difficult decisions on planting and culling herds as the governor of the state declared a statewide drought disaster on April 8. Soil moistures across the state, particularly in western portions of North Dakota, are lacking sufficient moisture to sustain normal crop development growth. The first eight days of April 2021 offered little help as hot, summer-like temperatures, gusty winds, and low humidity across the state accelerated drying conditions.

    According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, well over half the state is now experiencing “severe drought”.

    Perhaps you don’t care about what is happening in North Dakota, but you should, because much of the wheat that we use for pasta and flour comes from that region

    Things are dry and dusty in the Upper Midwest, the Northern Plains states and the Prairie provinces of Canada.

    This region, spanning states such as North Dakota and provinces such as Manitoba, is the most important one for spring wheat, the higher-gluten variety that’s used for pasta or mixed with other wheat for all-purpose flour. And that crop is at significant risk, because conditions in the region are pretty dire this year.

    In a previous article, I discussed the dramatic rise in food prices that we have been witnessing lately, and now drought fears are pushing futures prices for spring wheat quite a bit higher

    The US Drought Monitor shows around 70 percent of North Dakota in “extreme drought” conditions, with most of the rest in the slightly less scary “severe drought” rating. As a result, the futures prices of both spring wheat and canola are at their highest in years, with traders expecting a lower harvest this year.

    Despite all of our advanced technology, farmers can’t grow crops if it doesn’t rain, and a farmer in Texas named Blake Fennell says that his farm has not had any significant rain in almost two years

    The West Texas farmer says his area hasn’t seen significant rain fall in nearly two years.

    “We’ve still got to give that crop every chance we think we can get, but at the same time, we also can’t waste a lot of money on a crop that we don’t think we’re going to have going into it,” he says.

    What a nightmare.

    Right now, nearly the entire state of Texas is in some level of drought, and we haven’t even gotten to the summer months yet.

    To call this a “plague” would be a major understatement.  On the border of Oregon and California, farmers just learned that water levels are so low that they will only get “a tiny fraction of the water they need” in 2021…

    Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need amid the worst drought in decades, as federal regulators attempt to balance the needs of agriculture against federally threatened and endangered fish species that are central to the heritage of several tribes.

    Oregon’s governor said the prolonged drought in the region has the “full attention of our offices,” and she is working with congressional delegates, the White House and federal agencies to find relief for those affected.

    Do you think that you could run a successful farm under such conditions?

    Elsewhere in California, water allocation reductions of up to 95 percent are forcing many farmers to make some exceedingly heartbreaking decisions

    Drought conditions are already forcing Valley farmers to make difficult decisions when it comes to their crops as many are facing severe water restrictions.

    “There’s districts throughout California that have experienced up to 95% reductions in water,” says Fresno County Farm Bureau CEO Ryan Jacobsen.

    U.S. food production will be down in 2021, but if sufficient rain starts falling in the western U.S. we could still see a miracle.

    But if enough rain does not fall, we are going to see epic crop failures.

    Meanwhile, it is being projected that the drought will cause the water level in Lake Mead to soon fall to the lowest level ever recorded

    Wracked by drought, climate change and overuse, a key reservoir on the Colorado River could sink to historically low levels later this year, new US government projections show, potentially triggering significant water cutbacks in some states as early as next year.

    The projections released by the US Bureau of Reclamation show that Lake Mead — the largest reservoir in the country and a vital water supply to millions across the Southwest — could fall later this year to its lowest levels since it was filled in the 1930s.

    If you live anywhere in the western half of the country, you should brace yourself for severe water restrictions.

    And all of us need to brace ourselves for much higher prices at the grocery store.

    For decades, the western half of the country was blessed with unusually high levels of rainfall, but that wasn’t going to last forever.

    Now Dust Bowl conditions have returned, and farmers, ranchers and local authorities are starting to panic.

    As this megadrought continues to intensify, life is going to dramatically change in the western half of the nation, and that is going to deeply affect all of us.

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      1. I’ve read articles though the years about the droughts in the middle ages in the western part of what would become the U.S.A. Before the droughts started, there supposedly was a good population of native people, then as the drought started and got worse, the native people moved out or died off. There have been droughts since then, but from what I’ve read, nothing that bad. But this one kind of makes a body wonder. I remember the stories that my dad told from memory of what his father told him from growing up in the 1870’s, 80’s, and 90’s on how good things were then. And then later ,Dad would tell about life during in the dirties 30’s and how they got by.and made do. Sorry everyone, didn’t mean to go on and on.

      2. The storms through the Midwest last year were brutal and we were all warned that the future food production would be impacted. As usual, most people don’t plan ahead. The tyrannical lock downs have had a impact on our food supplies and the system overall has been under strain for a year, which will add another layer to our already fragile conditions. Being self sufficient is a must nowadays and you can bet that it’s only to get worse. Prices are climbing on all goods. Preaching to anyone who doesn’t “get it” is a waste of time. Move forward, prepare and keep your mouth shut.

      3. this “megadrought” is the Four Corners region

        Desert moonscape.

        If this confuses any environmentalists, reading, just quit importing replacement demographics and fast tracking them to the top of the social foodchain. Please take your ferret shot, and check back in a year. If offered more vaccines, keep taking them, no matter what’s in it, the side effects, or how many.

        Alternative foods and medicines are adapted to local conditions, with nutra-ceuticals aka functional foods fetching higher prices at market.

        However, all the ancient methods of terraforming still work, without any space mirrors, death rays, gmo’s, or persistent chemtrailing.

        ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_fight_desertification_and_reverse_climate_change

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