Record coffee crops, record rice crops, record general grain crops and now
record wheat harvest — all in «The Hottest Year Evah»!?
Not exact matches
Record global
wheat stockpiles may be even larger than expected, as China cuts back on use and the EU
harvests a bigger crop, a US Department of Agriculture report showed.
The
record large 2016 - 17
wheat crop of 33.5 million tonnes was 9 million tonnes bigger than the previous
harvest while October to December
wheat exports were close to unchanged on a year ago.
Following a devastating drought in 2002, which decimated the country's
wheat and barley
harvests, farmers expanded their crop area, producing
record crops in 2003 and 2004.
A series of bumper
harvests followed and the price of
wheat fell to
record lows, where it stayed for a decade.
Once again, a
record harvest followed and the
wheat price halved.
So, when
record heat waves and drought hit Russia, crashing their
wheat harvest and leading to an export ban, the global price response was rapid.
Record world production of rice and healthy production of
wheat and corn produced strong
harvests across the world.
James Taylor writes an article in Forbes titled «
Wheat Production Sets New Records Thanks To Global Warming,» where he claims that Reuters and other sources including Grist and the Guardian have published «false claims about global warming reducing wheat harvests.&r
Wheat Production Sets New
Records Thanks To Global Warming,» where he claims that Reuters and other sources including Grist and the Guardian have published «false claims about global warming reducing
wheat harvests.&r
wheat harvests.»