It is so hot that cows are drowning in snow. http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/05/04/dead-livestock-blizzard/ Staggering Losses Being Recorded For Farmers, Ranchers After Blizzard “They’ll actually drown in the snow. The snow will get up in their lungs,” said Prowers County rancher Justin Willhite, who lost a third of his cattle. Seven foot high snow drifts buried cows and toppled acres of wheat crops in Prowers County and Baca County near the Kansas and Oklahoma borders, costing farmers millions of dollars. There are no confirmed numbers yet, but it’s estimated as many as 10,000 cattle were killed in the rare spring storm.
Looks like it is going to be a sunny warm spring weekend in Florida. http://weatherplus.blog.mypalmbeach...k-will-affect-south-floridas-weekend-weather/ A cold front punching through Florida on Friday will be heralded by showers and gusty thunderstorms, but leave in its wake a weekend of low humidity, sunshine and markedly cooler nights.
It is so hot in Canada farmers can't get to the fields to harvest. https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/w...17/04/27/cold-pattern-continue-several-days-w Ag Weather Forum Cold Pattern to Continue for Several More Days in W. Canada Rain and snow during the spring has left much of the northern Alberta and northwest Saskatchewan area too wet for farmers to get into the fields and harvest the remaining crop from last season. In addition to this, the region recently turned quite cold which limits the potential for these fields to dry out. The cold weather pattern is expected to continue for a few more days before a more moderate temperature pattern begins to develop.
Also, if anyone is actually paying attention, a lot of the post in this thread can potentially be considered fundamental data for trading.
For example, the below excerpt is from an USDA study from 1976. But, those morons in the 70s didn't know that the sun has nothing to do with climate or earth's temperature fluctuation. I mean what idiots! To think that the when the very source of earth's heat fluctuates that would translate into fluctuations on earth is moronic. It looks like it has already been established that scientist in the 70s were incapable of reading thermometers. https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT76674961/PDF "Sunspot activity occurs on a regular cyclical basis. Temperature, precipitation, length of growing season, radiation levels, atmospheric pressure, and high-altitude wind speed in the United States and elsewhere may be related to the single or double sunspot cycle. This study test« the hypothesis that crop yields at the State level are related to various phases of the sunspot cycle. Crops and States included are wheat in Texas and Kansas, corn in Illinois and Nebraska, rice in Louisiana, and cotton in Texas. Statistical analysis was made of data for 1866-1973. Results indicate that (1) lower than average yields are associated with low sunspot activity, especially low activity following the high of the minor sunspot cycle (2) higher than average yields are associated with high sunspot activity, and (3) both the single and double sunspot cycles may give useful information in predictions of yield deviations."
Or like this..... https://www.agweb.com/article/cattle-futures-beef-prices-soar-after-blizzard-clobbers-midwest-blmg/ Cattle Futures, Beef Prices Soar After Blizzard Clobbers Midwest Correlation does not imply causation. Bad WeTodd!