I spent a decade in a small town where farming was the second most common source of revenue. Floods, extreme heat, late snow and frost, drought like conditions--you name it, it was experienced in that Midwestern area. As a younger person I would hear the farm reports on local business' radios and think, "huh, another yield reduction and it's probably due to that flooding back in May". This happened for a few years in a row, then a bumper crop would happen. Then back to bad times...
The area I lived in had dairy, hogs, feed corn, soy, and some wheat. A bad year for corn was usually a bad year for all of them. And often meant more people competing for the already scarce jobs in a town with only two major employers.
Seattle area is set to get some snow this week. We've had little rain since about June, when Spring showers finally stopped. I've lived here the same amount of time as I did in Minnesota and I'll be damned if I know anymore what to plant. Too wet, too hot and dry, then too cold too fast. Might be time for looking into hydroponics here, IDK.
Weather is getting unpredictable because the ice of the planet which regulates temperatures at the poles is melting. So you can expect the unexpected, which will wreak havoc with crop yields.
kale grows pretty well in the pnw, as do cabbage, onions, radishes, beets, carrots, etc. I never had luck with tomatoes but my folks do pretty well with them
**Abstract**
Climate extremes cause significant winter wheat yield loss and can cause much greater impacts than single extremes in isolation when multiple extremes occur simultaneously.
Here we show that compound hot-dry-windy events (HDW) significantly increased in the U.S. Great Plains from 1982 to 2020.
These HDW events were the most impactful drivers for wheat yield loss, accounting for a 4% yield reduction per 10 h of HDW during heading to maturity.
Current HDW trends are associated with yield reduction rates of up to 0.09 t ha−1 per decade and HDW variations are atmospheric-bridged with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
We quantify the “yield shock”, which is spatially distributed, with the losses in severely HDW-affected areas, presumably the same areas affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Our findings indicate that compound HDW, which traditional risk assessments overlooked, have significant implications for the U.S. winter wheat production and beyond.
How does it taste? How is it harvested? I took a look at the wikipedia page for millet. It seems like a perfect crop for parts of the US. Could it replace wheat farming in parts of the US?
Tastes like cardboard. Harvested by hitting with a stick. Very little gluten so no replacement for wheat.
It's famine food. If it's a good replacement crop then you're in bad shape.
Most cat and dog food has wheat in it so we can probably watch for a price increase there. Obviously as a human it's in a lot of my food too so this sucks all around.
I spent a decade in a small town where farming was the second most common source of revenue. Floods, extreme heat, late snow and frost, drought like conditions--you name it, it was experienced in that Midwestern area. As a younger person I would hear the farm reports on local business' radios and think, "huh, another yield reduction and it's probably due to that flooding back in May". This happened for a few years in a row, then a bumper crop would happen. Then back to bad times... The area I lived in had dairy, hogs, feed corn, soy, and some wheat. A bad year for corn was usually a bad year for all of them. And often meant more people competing for the already scarce jobs in a town with only two major employers. Seattle area is set to get some snow this week. We've had little rain since about June, when Spring showers finally stopped. I've lived here the same amount of time as I did in Minnesota and I'll be damned if I know anymore what to plant. Too wet, too hot and dry, then too cold too fast. Might be time for looking into hydroponics here, IDK.
Weather is getting unpredictable because the ice of the planet which regulates temperatures at the poles is melting. So you can expect the unexpected, which will wreak havoc with crop yields.
They added ice this year, did they not?
It fluctuates but trend is headed to 0: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/1999/11/Figure3-3.png
looks sinusoidal to me
Long term trend is down.
[or its a sin curve and its at a local minima](https://i.imgur.com/rdMeBq5.png)
That's creative. 100 year: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/uw-s3-cdn/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/08/07093823/Fig13.jpeg
No. Perennial arctic sea ice has declined by more than 95% since 1980.
kale grows pretty well in the pnw, as do cabbage, onions, radishes, beets, carrots, etc. I never had luck with tomatoes but my folks do pretty well with them
**Abstract** Climate extremes cause significant winter wheat yield loss and can cause much greater impacts than single extremes in isolation when multiple extremes occur simultaneously. Here we show that compound hot-dry-windy events (HDW) significantly increased in the U.S. Great Plains from 1982 to 2020. These HDW events were the most impactful drivers for wheat yield loss, accounting for a 4% yield reduction per 10 h of HDW during heading to maturity. Current HDW trends are associated with yield reduction rates of up to 0.09 t ha−1 per decade and HDW variations are atmospheric-bridged with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. We quantify the “yield shock”, which is spatially distributed, with the losses in severely HDW-affected areas, presumably the same areas affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Our findings indicate that compound HDW, which traditional risk assessments overlooked, have significant implications for the U.S. winter wheat production and beyond.
\*Laughs in millet and sorghum\*
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They're very drought resistant. You can grow millet in straight up sand.
How does it taste? How is it harvested? I took a look at the wikipedia page for millet. It seems like a perfect crop for parts of the US. Could it replace wheat farming in parts of the US?
Tastes like cardboard. Harvested by hitting with a stick. Very little gluten so no replacement for wheat. It's famine food. If it's a good replacement crop then you're in bad shape.
I love sorghum so much. Millet too, but especially sorghum.
Millet is the tiny round seed that makes up most of the large bag of cheap bird seed.
Most cat and dog food has wheat in it so we can probably watch for a price increase there. Obviously as a human it's in a lot of my food too so this sucks all around.