Friday, August 10, 2012

Drought

I have no idea if the current weather patterns are global climate change-related or not, but I imagine we'll be quite happy to spend a lot of money bailing out farmers, but not at all happy to spend similar to prevent future disaster.
WASHINGTON — This year’s corn yield is projected to be the lowest since 1995, according to an Agriculture Department report that sharply cut production estimates for some major crops because of damage from the nation’s worst drought in 56 years.