Corn and FLour crops destroyed in the floods - now what?
By coffeebreak
@coffeebreak (17797)
United States
June 15, 2008 11:07pm CST
I've been following the news about the massive, horrible floods in the mid west - where all our corn fields are... now that they have been flooded and waiting for the waters to receed so they can assess the damages... what do you think this is going to do to the price of corn and probably flour? I can just imagen it pretty much wiped out the industry for this summer anyway, and not knowing the soil damage, they don't know when they can plant again and with winter on the way - - - do we start stocking up on corn/flour things? What do you think? Bread is already so high, I just got some 5 lb bags of flour and am starting to make my own bread (in a bread machine - my "by hand" days have retired! I loved doing it by hand back in my younger days!) My grand daughter doesn't really like bread at all, but I made the french bread recipe last week and she nearly (over 3 days) ate the whole loaf! She loved it! And this kid is a REALLY picky eater!
How will no corn or flour effect you and your life style?
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@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
16 Jun 08
Wasn't it Iowa that was mostly hit?? Illinois and Wisconsin, we still have corn. Wisconsin is the best though. Very sweet and amazing.
There are some western states such as Washington and California that have corn farmers as well. I don't think it will be a major shortage issue or anything. The price may go up but isn't everything nowadays??
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@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
16 Jun 08
I heard it was WIsconsin too. But then again, they are rather vague on specific areas. And then too, doesn't matter completely...the markets will grab this and say there is a shortage so they can have a believable reason for raiseing their prices! They are doing it now w3ith gas prices, we need corn nearly as much!
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
16 Jun 08
All I'm hearing about here and I live in the Midwest is Iowa. Potatoes could very well be affected too I think. I hadn't heard anything about Wisconsin and we are still getting Wisconsin corn here and the price is still the same as it normally is. But your right, they are really vague about the floods.
@rsa101 (40987)
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
Yeah I guess somewhere over the some parts of the region disasters occur. US is also part of those that experiences this. My country have been hit by these things. I am also seeing a much higher prices of these commodities that will become scarce in the near future. I hope we could overcome this shortage. Our climate is changing so rapidly that it creates more havoc on us. I am thinking that it may be because of how we treat our environment that our climate is acting like this. I guess Al Gore's ideas are coming to life already and we are the generation that will see it if we continue to abuse it.
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@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
16 Jun 08
Whats Al Gore's ideas have to do with a torential downpour of a storm? He can't control the weather...he just says he can. It was a weather issue. Nothing could have stopped it.
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@rsa101 (40987)
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
Well these climate changes are brought about by these global warming thing. The amount of carbon produce blocks the heat which produces a hotter climate in other places and more torrential rains in other places. Global warming does not only affect hotter days it may also mean flooding, as they melt the polar caps and may also mean more rains cause the heat makes more water vapor in the atmosphere. Which means more crops are destroyed in the process and a shortage of food supply. This is just one of the chain of events that could occur in what Al Gore is predicting to come.
@Liasonfan (1702)
• Canada
24 Jun 08
Yep. Stock up, hoard, whatever, with crops destroyed or fairing poorly (even here in Canada with all the rain, lately). I can almost guarantee prices will be through the roof, they are headed there now. And with the price of gas...Yep, all non-perishables will be precious commodity really soon and fresh fruits and veggies? Will they soon be for the very rich only? Hmmm makes ya wonder. It's a little scary too! I have been trying to buy a little extra every week....
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
25 Jun 08
Definately scary. I have been stocking up as best I can with my budget. I just bought some SPAM today - $1.99 instead of $3.59. I love it although it is so terribly bad for you but for some odd reason (no speculation please!) I love that crummy stuff! So it is a treat a few times a year! But I had heard while back that people were stocking up on SPAM so much that the stock price was going up! Funny thing, few years ago I seriously thought of buying stock in Hormal becuase of my oddity love of SPAM!!! Shoulda, coulda woulda... story of my life!
@MinamiKesh (527)
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
i would definitely say that life would suffer much hunger..........
i also honestly say that i can't live without it....
i'll bet it can cause more worries to everybody's life...
so better conserved everything we have as possible to have savings to use in future...
*jam*
~live life~ keep it simple***
