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U.S. heat is so bad farmers see a ‘half crop’ for spring wheat

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Bloomberg/Kim Chimpman/7-29-2021

map showing heat wave settling over much of the United States“Plants are visibly stunted. So much so that when crop scouts toured the fields of top-producing state North Dakota this week they kept having to get close to the ground to inspect crops that were about 10 inches (25 centimeters) or shorter — about a third of the normal size for this time of year.”

USAGOLD note: Not the sort of news you want to hear when inflation is heating up along with summertime temperatures.

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