The Lone Star State has had five different counties became designated natural disaster areas after drought has ravaged areas of Texas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The five counties include Austin, Colorado, Harris, Lavaca and Fort Bend, and have all suffered severe drought and The Fort Boone Herald reported that Fort Bend has only had less than a half an inch of rain in June – usually there has been at least five inches this time of year.
Boone Holladay, agricultural agent at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, noted that future rainfall will be “well below normal,” while temperatures are expected to break records.
In June 2021, Fort Bend County had 9.5 inches of rain, resulting in bumper crops of corn, sorghum and cotton but this year the rainfall has been so bad, that it has significantly impacted sorghum quality.
Holladay’s colleague at Texas AgriLife, John Few said that corn harvest this year is nowhere near the usual high quality.
“Usually, you’ll have a full ear of corn 98 percent of the time. If you open up an ear of corn now, it’s maybe three-quarters full but the tip is not making kernels,” he told the Herald.
Farmers are likely to request insurance assistance from the federal government this year because of the lower yield and lower quality of the crops they are producing, according to Holladay and Few.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) have extended emergency credit through emergency loans to farmers who have been impacted by the natural disaster and loans can be spent on anything to meet recovery needs, like replacing equipment or livestock or refinancing certain debts associated with the business.
Loans will be based on the extent of the losses, security and repayment ability and will be reviewed by the FSA. But farmers living in the five counties designated natural disaster areas are eligible to apply for emergency credit.
Other counties eligible to apply include Brazoria, Chambers, DeWitt, Fayette, Galveston, Gonzales, Harris, Jackson, Liberty, Montgomery, Victoria, Waller, Washington and Wharton.
The agriculture agent noted that markets could assist farmers who have grown corn, which is expected to get as high as $6 per bushel.
“The high price for corn production would lead to prices increasing, which could lead to some profit,” said the agriculture agent. Few noted that corn prices are expected to reach as high as $6 per bushel.
Fort Bend County being declared a natural disaster area, means farmers will have more access to help via insurance assistance and federal loans and credit.
This is just the latest in a series of unfortunate events that have seen the slow decay of the supply chain and it will likely get far worse before it gets any better.
Save America from this INVISABLE DESTRUCTVE REGIME. THEY ARE PROCEEDING TO DESTROY AMERICA AND SEEM TO BE FOLLIWING THE WAY OF COMMUNIST CHINA. BIDEN THE PUPPET WHO WAS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT HAS BREACHED ALMOST EVERY OATH TO.PROTECT AMERICA. OUR CONSTITUTION & IT’S PEOPLE. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON. WHY ISN’T HE BEING IMPEACHED ON HIS BREACH ALONE OR HAS CHINA ALREADY INVADED OUR GOVERNMENT??? THIS IS VERY DISBURING. BIDEN’S REGIME IS TOTALLY AGAINST AMERICA AND ALL WE STAND FOR. WHO IN GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWING THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA. & it’s people as it stands now. Millions will die if this Regime continues with all their destructive plans.
Make EVERY illegal wetback sneaking across the border carry a 5 gallon bucket of water from the Rio Grande to the drought stricken fields. 1.7 million wetbacks & counting=8.5 million gallons of water. Probably would help the crops quite a bit. Then force the wets back for another trip. Once fields & crops are watered, deport their asses.
Problem solved.
My thoughts on the supply chain is that it should be cut off to the White House first. They have totally caused this mess and now they need to really feel what it is doing. Oh yeah, don’t let Biden fly any place else.