Farmers in Washington state are fearing poor crop production this year because of a persistently cold spring. Hoping to salvage something close to a normal crop season, they are praying for warmer temperatures.
“I don’t recall a year that has been this wet and this cold for so long,” Washington farmer Dan Bartelheimer told the Everett, Washington, Herald. [bold, links added]
In an article titled, “Farmers feel sting of unseasonal weather, record inflation,” the Herald reports, “A wet, cold spring has impacted crops from hay to pumpkins to corn. Meanwhile, farmers’ costs for fuel and fertilizer are climbing.”
“A wet and chilly spring has impacted farmers across Western Washington. Strawberry growers are waiting for their berries to ripen. Some dairies worry about having enough food for their cows. And the weather is worsening shortages of certain crops like hay or corn, further pushing up prices,” the Herald reports.
Farmers throughout the region are rooting for warmer weather. According to the Herald, “At Chubby Bunny Farm in Arlington, the number of pests has increased amid the cool wet weather, said owner Michael Deitering.”
“As plants have grown slowly in the cold, the farm has had a smaller selection of produce to sell,” the Herald noted.
“Farmers are also behind on planting field corn, used for animal feed,” the Herald added.
Meanwhile, the national media focuses relentless attention on the heat in some parts of the country, while ignoring cold temperatures in others.
Getting lost in the media messaging is the fact that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s U.S. Climate Reference Network – implemented in 2005 as the most accurate network of temperature stations throughout the country – shows no warming trend at all.
Some places experience record warmth, some experience record cold, and the overall trend defies claims of a climate crisis.
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Back in the 1970,S it was Global Cooling and New Ice Age was coming the same liberal rags like Time and Newsweek was giving it Top Coverage
Global average temperature is a fabrication and a farce. Temperature records have been screwed downwards and measurement methodology has been skewed in favour of warming. All data has been altered in the same direction, to support warmist alarmism .
Enjoy the weather. It’s all weather.
“Global average temperature is a fabrication and a farce.” Really? Who told you that?
“Temperature records have been screwed downwards and measurement methodology has been skewed in favour of warming.” Who told you that?
“All data has been altered in the same direction, to support warmist alarmism?” Who told you that?
Have you been listening to the biggest date manipulator and con artist around? the infamous, lying Tony Heller?
“Enjoy the weather. It’s all weather.” Yes, weather is weather, seasons are seasons and climate is climate, they are all different, aren’t they although you silly claim indicates you don’t.
Do you know, for example, how many methods are and have been used to obtain sea water temperature over the last 100 years? Do you? If so, please advise and also explain why the temperatures obtained by the different methods for the same locations at the same time are not the same. If you don’t know that proves you know nothing about weather and climate.
“Some places experience record warmth, some experience record cold, and the overall trend defies claims of a climate crisis.” That takes some seriously illogical and convoluted exercises in denial think.
“NOAA – shows no warming trend at all.” So an increase of 1.5˚C isn’t warming? Regardless, you are doing the usual denier dishonesty of conflating local and global. Why?
Yet again you are citing the totally discredited Heartland Institute. Why?
There is a reason two terms are used, i.e. AGW and ACC, the first refers specifically to heating, the latter to any climate changes. Maybe you should try and understand that as most children understand the difference.
Our Spring was wet and cool usial we would have a lot of Warm Weather in the Spring but now its starting to heat up since their is the first day of Summer after last week was cool and wet
So you agree AGW and ACC are causing problems then. OK.