Drought wilts crops as officials pray for rain

(Reuters) – Oppressive heat and a worsening drought in the U.S. Midwest pushed grain prices near or past records on Monday as crops wilted, cities baked and concerns grew about food and fuel price inflation in the world’s top food exporter.

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  1. iconoclast_555’s avatar

    Pray for rain?

    Good things that the dems are in the executive to maintain the separation of church and state.

    Will the Dept. of Indian Affairs fund a rain dance? Or will we just pay off the mega agribusinesses’ losses as usual?

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    1. Uniformityville_horror’s avatar

      You know, I have been on Hopi territory, and been honored with “the cactus” (several times, without spending any money at all!).
      There is a level of communication with nature there that cannot be related with words

      Believe this:
      The Hopis may well be able to bring the rain.

      Can tell you the peyote story/stories if you want. Peyote opened a door that will never ever be closed. And I never want to close it, because it allows me to hear the voices of nature.

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  2. Uniformityville_horror’s avatar

    We got rain last night. I sat outside about 230am, or this morning, and watched it for about 20 minutes. Send more!

    Meanwhile, the sun flares and spits and spins and generally throws it’s fits. Solar Max is next year, 2013.

    I talk about looking at things on a global perspective, to see the Macro, to see how all things relate. So I am trepidacious about rain and not altogether unhappy about the drought. The fukishima radiation has to disperse somewhere. It is said there is a hot spot of it in Kansas City, that there are hot spots thru-out the country. I hesitated to eat Calif. Produce.

    be careful, jo.

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  3. jo6pac’s avatar

    Ah yes peyote what wonderful trip. You’re right about that door thing.

    Yes we on the left coast are getting more than are share of radiation. It’s in the milk and food but of course the govt. is saying everything is OK. 0 radiation is safe after that it down hill and I live down wind of LLL were they do have weapons grade stuff locked away. My short term goal is to sell the toy I bought myself and buy about 150lbs to 200lbs of Salome before the ocean becomes hot and that should be around winter of this yr.

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  4. Timbuk3’s avatar

    I’m wondering how many years before the food wars start.

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    1. jo6pac’s avatar

      2013

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