– “Fears of new Dust Bowl as heat, drought shrivel corn in Midwest”
“‘Every day that passes, more corn will be abandoned … But even if it starts raining now, there will not be that bumper crop of corn everyone talked about,’ farmer says,” quoting Monica Davey in The New York Times, July 5, 2012.
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– “Drought hits 56 percent of continental US; ‘significant toll’ on crops”
“The prolonged heat across the Midwest has not only set temperature records, it is also expanding and intensifying drought conditions — and relief isn’t on the horizon for most areas, the National Weather Service reported Thursday [July 5].

Drought conditions are present in 56 percent of the continental U.S., according to the weekly Drought Monitor,” quoting Miguel Llanos on msnbc.com.
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– “The Corn Is Dying All Over America”
“All over America the corn is dying. If drought conditions persist in the middle part of the country, wheat and soybeans will be next. Weeks of intense heat combined with extraordinarily dry conditions have brought many U.S. corn farmers to the brink of total disaster. If there is not significant rainfall soon, many farmers will be financially ruined. This period of time is particularly important for corn because this is when pollination is supposed to happen. But the unprecedented heat and the extremely dry conditions are playing havoc with that process,” from the Economic Collapse B;log on July 9, 2012.
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– “Midwest Drought May Spark Food Inflation”
“A punishing Midwest drought may lead to food inflation as the cost of corn soars and the price of a key feedstock for ranchers rises. Experts warn it could mean higher costs for everything from a hamburger to a gallon of milk in the months ahead,” quoting Kevin G Hall of McClatchy Newspapers.
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– “2012 drought ‘largest natural disaster ever in the US'”
“The Department of Agriculture has declared natural disaster areas in more than 1,000 counties in 26 states due to drought, making it the largest natural disaster ever in the U.S.,” quoting Joe Kelley, KRMG radio, Tulsa.
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– In 1987, Ramtha predicted the coming Dust Bowl and the situations leading to such conditions
“There are some of you in this audience that won’t lift a finger to do anything because you don’t think any of this will really come. You think this is a great teaching but that is as far as it goes. Your time is running out. Your economy is erratic after yesterday. And one day they will scream they have made a fortune and the next they have lost twice as much. What will start out as a relief through inflation will turn out to be the greatest depression the people have ever known. When the government starved out all of its farmers and sent them into bankruptcy and they end up with the land, they will have a dust bowl. Your time is running out, but that must be by choice as well.”
– Ramtha
November 17, 1987
Yelm, WA.
Update on Changes – The Days to Come. 174.1.