“The climate changes all the time,” they said. “Carbon dioxide isn’t poisonous,” they claimed. “You’re being duped by Big Green, lib!” they mocked referring to an imaginary cabal of surprisingly powerful environmental activists which conservatives (who get paid tens of millions of dollars from Big Oil) believe control everything.
Well, now those doubters from Kansas are getting the last laugh as they plow under their wheat crops, ruined by drought, collecting insurance payments that will net more than trying to bring the grain to market, Reuters reports. Nationally, one-third of the winter wheat crop has been abandoned. In Kansas, the rate of abandoned fields for all crops, hit by a harsh winter and drought, is at 19% nearly double the rate of the previous season. Two years ago, just 4% of the crop was abandoned.
The issue comes when you think that Kansas is the largest producer of wheat in the US, with a lot of that grain going to our bread supply. A wheat shortage while inflation is high will lead to higher prices for one of the staples of American households.