US Crops: FOOD SHORTAGES BY LATE JULY; FOOD RIOTS THEREAFTER

NATIONAL EMERGENCY AS U.S. FARM CROPS FAIL - FOOD SHORTAGES BY LATE JULY; FOOD RIOTS THEREAFTER!

Hal Turner,

24 June, 2019

Collapse of the US farming production system is in full swing and FOOD SHORTAGES will begin hitting Americans by July, others in the rest of the world, by August.  If you have failed to heed this web site's advice to "prep" then YOU may very well go hungry. This is a crisis the likes of which we have NEVER seen before in this country.  Here is the stark truth about what our nation now faces:

Torrential rains have been hammering the heartland of America for months, and at this point vast stretches of farmland in the middle of the country are nothing but mud.  As a result of the endless rain and unprecedented flooding that we have witnessed, millions of acres of farmland will have nothing planted on them at all in 2019, and that is a major national crisis. 

Most farmers were able to get seeds planted despite the deplorable conditions, and now they are desperately hoping that something will actually grow.  Unfortunately, on farm after farm what is coming out of the ground looks absolutely terrible. 

Even if we get ideal weather conditions for the rest of the summer, there is no way that many of these fields will be ready before the first hard frost arrives.  As you will see below, the truth is that we are potentially facing the most widespread crop failures in all of U.S. history.

This is the biggest news story in America so far this year, and the mainstream media is finally starting to understand the gravity of what we are facing.  Just consider the following quote from a recent Quartz article…

The stories across the Midwest are wrenching. Scrolling through the #NoPlant19  hashtag turns up dozens of posts about farmers staring out at soggy fields or farm equipment foundering in deep mud. It’s likely many will see their harvests devastated this year, and global grain prices could spike.

 

But of course a picture is worth a thousand words, and so let me share a before and after photo that a farming couple in Indiana named Kyle and Tori Kline recently shared on Facebook...

According to Tori, the corn was almost above Kyle’s head at this time last year, but today it is barely out of the ground…

“These two pictures speaks volumes to the crisis American Farmers are facing this spring. Kyle is about 6’3” and the corn was nearly above his head. Most corn around our area is lucky to be out of the ground, let alone knee high. It’s just some food for thought for those who think farmers are “rich” or “greedy” or what have you. It’s the reason food and gas prices will be getting higher as the summer goes on. I pray for those who didn’t or still haven’t gotten their crops in – for their safety and mental health. This year will be one to remember.”

Do you think that corn is going to be ready when harvest time rolls around?

And of course the Klines are far from alone.  All over the nation, farmers are facing either dramatically reduced yields or no harvest at all.

 

Peter Bergkamp@pbergkamp791

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Let me share four more extremely disturbing before and after photos that were recently posted to Facebook by TD Hale…

We have never seen anything like this before.

Now that you have seen these pictures, are you starting to understand why so many of us have been warning that U.S. agricultural production is going to be way, way down this year?

Corn is not supposed to grow in mud, but due to the horrific weather conditions many farmers in the middle of the country had absolutely no choice in the matter.  For example, corn farmer Scott Labig confessed that he was “ashamed” of what the nightmarish weather conditions forced him to do…

Labig was doing something he had never done in his career. Something his father and his grandfather never did either in their time working this same land for the last century.

“I am ashamed of how I am planting corn today,” Labig told Campbell on the phone. “This is terrible.”

He was putting seeds into mud. How could things actually grow in this mess?

If you do not live in the middle of the country, you may have a difficult time grasping the true scope of what we are potentially facing.

If farmers do not grow our food, we do not eat. 

This is not a drill, and widespread crop failures are going to have dramatic implications for all of us in the months ahead.  Food prices are going much higher, and I urge you to get prepared while you still can.

According to John Newton, the chief economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, we have never faced “anything like this since I’ve been working in agriculture”.  We are truly in unprecedented territory already, and it won’t take very much at all to turn 2019 into a complete and utter national catastrophe.

If the weather is absolutely perfect for the next few months, 2019 will still be a horrible, horrible year for farmers in the middle of the country.

But if the rain doesn’t stop, or if there is too much heat, or if a very early hard frost happens, we could be facing a national nightmare that is beyond what most of us would even dare to imagine.

And guess what?  Over the weekend the middle of the country was pounded by even more severe storms…

Hundreds of people were without power in Missouri and Kansason Sunday as storms ripped through the area, prompting officials to warn drivers to remain off the roads as flash flood warnings were in effect.

Until 8:45 a.m. central time, a flash flood warning was in effect in Missouri’s Trenton, Bethany and Gallatin cities, according to the National Weather Service, while such warnings were in effect until 8:30 a.m. central time in Saint Joseph, Atchison and Savannah.

Just when you think that this crisis cannot possibly get any worse, it does.

Please share this article with your family, friends and those that you care about.  People need to understand what is going on out there.

We are literally watching a massive national crisis unfold right in front of our eyes, and I will do my best to continue to keep you updated.

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog

HAL TURNER COMMENTARY

Like a  broken record that keeps repeating, I have long warned folks to stock up on Emergency Food; so much so that people began complaining about hearing it so often.  Well, now you know why I've been so strident:  For the first time in our national history, the United States of America has such vast crop failures, we will see FOOD SHORTAGES by late July, and FOOD RIOTS by late August.

It is not simply a matter of buying somewhere else; the USA is the Bread Basket of the planet.  WE produce most of the food eaten by the world.  And now, OUR crops have failed.  Almost totally!

Vast civil unrest will come as a result of this.   Not just here in America, but in most countries around the world.

People will be KILLING EACH OTHER for food.

So, will YOU be one of those doing the killing (because you foolishly failed to prepare) or will you be on the receiving end of some crazed hungry person coming to steal YOUR food to feed himself and his family?

THIS LINK takes you to a page for "preps."  There's a whole section on Emergency Food.   There's also a whole section on GUNS and AMMUNITION - which you are going to need to fend-off the savages who come calling.  And come they will . . . 

You have precious little time to prepare.

Want to KNOW which crops are affected?

Let's go state by state to show the Harvest Schedule.  Bear in mind, FLOODING prevented even planting of seeds, never mind harvesting . . .

The first photo above was from Indiana.  Here is the INDIANA harvest schedule:

Ripening Dates for Fruits and Vegetables

Please note that actual dates may vary by as much as two weeks due to weather conditions, geographical location of the farm, and other factors. It is always advisable to call a farm earlier than the expected beginning of a season to verify on the status of the product you are interested in.

Commodities	Early	Most Active	Late
VEGETABLES
Asparagus	April 23	May 1 - May 30	June 25
Broccoli	June 20	July 1 - October 31	November 30
Cabbage	June 1	June 10 - October 31	November 15
Cauliflower	September 1	Oct. 5 - November 20	Dec. 5
Collards	May 15	August 20 - October 31	November 20
Cucumbers	June 25	July 5 - August 15	September 15
Eggplant	July 10	July 20 - September 30	October 15
Lima Beans	July 10	July 15 - August 31	October 31
Okra	July 15	August 15 - September 15	October 15
Onions	June 25	June 25 - July 31	September 30
Peas	May 20	June 15 - June 25	July 5
Peppers	July 5	July 15 - October 31	Nov. 5
Potatoes	July 10	July 20 - September 30	October 15
Pumpkins	September 15	October 1 - October 15	October 31
Snap Beans	June 10	June 20 - July 20	August 31
Squash	June 15	June 25 - September 1	September 30
Spinach	April 15	May 5 - June 25	June 30
Sweet Corn	July 1	July 5 - August 31	September 25
Tomatoes	July 5	July 10 - September 15	October 15
FRUITS
Apples	July 15	September 1 - October 25	October 31
Blackberries	July 10	July 15 - July 30	August 10
Blueberries	June 20	July 5 - August 10	August 15
Cherries	June 10	June 10 - June 25	June 25
Grapes	August 25	September 10 - September 20	September 30
Peaches, Nectarines	July 5	July 20 - September 1	September 15
Pears	August 1	August 10 - August 31	September 10
Raspberries	July 1	July 15 - August 15	September 20
Strawberries	May 20	June 1 - June 10	June 25
OTHER
Flowers, Herbs	July 1	July 15 - September 15	October 1

The second picture above is from Nebraska.  Here are the crops and the harvest schedule:

 dark green = available;      light green = sometimes / some farms;      White or gray = not usually available

The light green indicates light crops at the beginning or end of a season - dark green is when the bulk of the crop ripens and picking is best.

Fruit/Veg

Jan

Feb

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

Oct

Nov

December

apples

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Apricots

X

X

X

X

Asian pears

X

X

X

X

X

X

asparagus

X

X

X

X

beans

X

X

X

X

X

X

blackberries

X

X

X

beets

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

blueberries

X

X

X

boysenberries

X

X

X

X

broccoli

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Brussels sprouts

X

X

X

X

X

cabbage

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

cantaloupes

X

X

X

X

X

X

celery

X

X

X

X

carrots

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

cherries

X

X

X

X

Christmas trees

X

cucumbers

X

X

X

X

X

X

eggplant

X

X

X

X

X

X

gooseberries

X

X

X

X

grapes

X

X

X

X

greens

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Jan

Feb

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

Oct

Nov

December

herbs

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

kale

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

nectarines

X

X

X

X

peaches

pears

X

X

X

X

X

peas

X

X

X

X

peppers

X

X

X

X

X

X

plums

X

potatoes

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

raspberries

X

X

X

X

X

X

rhubarb

X

X

X

X

X

X

pumpkins

X

X

X

X

summer squash

X

X

X

X

X

X

winter squash

X

X

X

X

X

X

saskatoons

X

X

X

strawberries

X

X

X

X

sweet corn

X

X

X

sweet potatoes

tomatoes

X

X

X

X

X

X

watermelons

Fruit/Veg

Jan

Feb

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

Oct

Nov

December

 

 

The third photo above is from Kansas.  Here are the crops and the harvest schedule:

The fourth picture above is from Illinois.  Its crops and harvest schedule are as follows:

Fruit/Veg

Jan

Feb

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

apples

X

X

X

X

X

X

Asian pears

X

X

X

X

X

X

asparagus

X

X

X

X

beans

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

blackberries

X

X

X

X

blueberries

X

X

X

X

broccoli

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

cabbage

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

cantaloupes

X

X

X

X

X

X

cherries

X

X

X

X

Christmas trees

X

X

cucumbers

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

eggplant

X

X

X

X

X

X

greens

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

herbs

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

nectarines

X

X

X

X

peaches

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

peas

X

X

peppers

X

X

X

X

X

X

potatoes

X

X

X

X

X

X

raspberries

X

X

X

X

X

X

rhubarb

X

X

X

X

pumpkins

X

X

X

X

squash

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

strawberries

X

X

X

sweet corn

X

X

X

X

sweet potatoes

X

X

X

X

tomatoes

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

watermelons

X

X

X

X

X

X

Of course, there are many other states which have experienced catastrophic flooding, and which also have crop failures.   And none of this takes into account the cattle states, which lost an estimated one million head of cattle that drown in flooding, or the African Swine Fever outbreak, killing-off pigs.    So beef and pork will be scarce too.

Prepare.  You have very little time.