Dennis BoursOct 31
📈 Cancer rates are rising in America’s Corn Belt, while declining elsewhere. Experts link the surge to environmental factors like pesticide exposure and farming practices. 🚜⚠️ #PublicHealth #CancerRates #CornBelt #EnvironmentalHealth
🔗 https://www.foxnews.com/health/cancer-rates-climbing-americas-corn-belt-states-while-rest-country-sees-decline?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Autoposting
Why cancer is hitting the Midwest harder than anywhere else in America

Cancer rates are rising alarmingly in America's Corn Belt states, including Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois, outpacing national averages since the mid-2010s.

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Show threadCharlie McHenrySep 16, 2025

2)🧵I generated a pre-harvest US #Agriculture 2025 risk assessment report for my firm Green Econometrics. The combines are in the field now in the #wheat belt, #corn belt and #Soybeans belt, harvest is underway and it looks a lot like a bumper year. Turns out that’s a significant challenge for #farmers at this moment - as counterintuitive as that sounds. My #Ag report explains…

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bFyjQcKSjGjZS3yvYiWCxB0i9TroflDoLyeEVhuHTHE/edit?usp=drivesdk #farming #midwest #CornBelt #WheatBelt

Ag sector 2025

U.S. Agriculture: 2025 Pre-Harvest Risk Assessment and Outlook A ‘Bumper Crop’ Still Has Its Challenges Executive summary The 2025 crop year is tracking toward very large harvests in corn, soybeans and key classes of wheat. USDA’s summer WASDE updates lifted 2025 to record or near-record produc...

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Show threadCelloMom On CarsApr 13, 2024

America’s #CornBelt Bristles at $8 Billion Lifeline

"After regulator pushback and vocal opposition from #farmers who don’t want to be anywhere near a project they claim tramples on landowner rights, Summit Carbon Solutions has gone back to the drawing board to revise the #pipeline’s path 6,300 times."

#CCS
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-13/summit-carbon-pipeline-in-us-corn-belt-awaits-state-permits-farmer-support?srnd=homepage-americas

Someone needs to tell farmers that an acre of solar panels can give 70 times the EV miles than an acre of corn can drive a gas car.

Summit Carbon Pipeline in US Corn Belt Awaits State Permits, Farmer Support

Leaders of a proposed carbon pipeline say it will boost demand for the grain and create thousands of Midwest jobs. So why are some farmers so opposed?

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Drought CenterDec 20, 2023

"After having the historical flooding in the region in the spring of 2019, we went into drought development in the fall of 2019 and that dryness has been building ever since."

NDMC's Brian Fuchs provides perspective on drought in the Western Corn Belt for DTN's Progressive Farmer.

Read more: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2023/12/18/driest-western-corn-belt-lifetime

#drought #CornBelt #news #agriculture #UnitedStates #US #USA

Driest Western Corn Belt in a Lifetime

Extreme dryness shows little chance of significant recovery in this El Nino winter.

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ISciencesSep 29, 2023

All 4 #CropWatch producers in #Iowa and #Illinois have reduced yield expectations for #soybean #crops as a result of frequent unfavorable #dry #weather conditions. The region’s latest dry spell began in mid-August and has pushed the U.S. #CornBelt crops toward maturity too quickly, preventing maximum yields. Read more: https://www.isciences.com/blog/2023/09/27/united-states-deficits-intensify-in-southern-northern-states

#flood #drought #climate #environment #BlueWater #WaterRunoff #watermaps #sustainability #WaterScarcity #EnvironmentalScience #freshwater #FoodScarcity

United States: Deficits intensify in southern, northern states — ISCIENCES

The forecast anticipates surpluses in western states will linger but lessen in intensity, with intense deficits occurring in some southern and northern states. 

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Drought CenterAug 9, 2023

At the end of July and beginning of August, three main areas of #drought and abnormal dryness were ongoing in the #Lower48:
▪️ The #Northwest
▪️ The upper #Midwest, #CornBelt, and eastern #GreatPlains
▪️ The central #GulfCoast and parts of the #Southwest

Read more in the July 2023 Drought #Climate Summary: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/daac56f7f65d47f0b3cc5714cf14d347

Drought Climate Summary July 2023

North American monsoon season sees tepid start

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