ALERT: US 'Growing Degrees' Plummet -- Farms Go Offline

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZQaNL4RN-E
Published: Sep 4, 2019
Author: Christian Westbrook
Post Date: 2019-09-04 04:58:21 by Horse
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Farmers need a certain number of growing days to produce various crops. Corn can no longer be grown in thousands of zip codes. The author added a section to his website where you can enter your zip code and see the decline since last year of growing days. My area is down 9%. Some area were down 47% and quite a few were down 17% or so. Only state with a longer growing season is Alaska which was unseasonably warm during the Maunder Minimum.

http://iceagefarmer.com/gdd/

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#1: noone222    To: Horse (#0)

-18.9% here.

EDIT: I haven't been farming for a few years now but I know that the farmers are using genetically modified seeds/hybrids that will mature quicker. I see maize right now that's nearly ready to harvest (Sept) when it was always November before it was ready.

noone222 posted on 2019-09-04 11:02:52   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Horse    To: noone222 (#1)

Start transplants early, then plant after a week or two for a shorter season outdoors. Or go completely greenhouse.

Horse posted on 2019-09-04 11:36:25   Reply   Private Reply