{"id":3156,"date":"2013-04-24T15:13:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T20:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2013-04-24T15:13:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T20:13:04","slug":"late-winter-late-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Late winter, late planting"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Vegetables<\/a>

Vegetables in a greenhouse, ready to go in the planted. Angelic Organics, Caledonia, IL, April 12, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s hard to talk about food and hunger without considering its growth and production. This year, much of the United States has experienced an extended winter and greater precipitation which has resulted in a delayed planting season. This of course is a far different story than last year, where drought took hold throughout much of the country.<\/p>\n

The USDA has released some interesting data<\/a> compairing the percentage of crops in the ground this year to last year at the same time (as well as averages over the past four years). For example,\u00a018 states (which planted 92% of corn acreage in 2012) had an average of 26% of\u00a0their corn crop in the ground at this time last year.\u00a0This year\u00a0farmers have planted an average of\u00a04% of their corn. The biggest difference in the example of corn\u00a0is Illinois, which had 56% of its corn crop in the ground by April 21 last year and only 1% in the ground this year.<\/p>\n

As far as what this means for food prices, insurance, and other matters,\u00a0I’ll leave that to the experts. For those of you who are\u00a0professionals\u00a0in this area, please feel free to comment, we’d love to hear from you. In a brief story on Harvest Public Media<\/a>\u00a0one farmer comments:<\/p>\n

“It’s just crazy that one year is one way and one is another,\u201d Smart said. \u201cBut we’ve had this before so we’ll have it again. And as I said, we don’t have to go to Las Vegas to gamble because farming is the biggest gamble there is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve easily made the\u00a0connection\u00a0that\u00a0farming\u00a0is\u00a0providing food, but\u00a0the\u00a0farming and\u00a0gambling connection\u00a0has been more on the periphery.\u00a0But after considering it, I hope\u00a0to appreciate the fruits of the labor, calculation,\u00a0or guess\u00a0even more. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Henry Martinez serves as an educational associate for ELCA World Hunger.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s hard to talk about food and hunger without considering its growth and production. This year, much of the United States has experienced an extended winter and greater precipitation which has resulted in a delayed planting season. This of course is a far different story than last year, where drought took hold throughout much of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLate winter, late planting - ELCA World Hunger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Late winter, late planting - ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It’s hard to talk about food and hunger without considering its growth and production. This year, much of the United States has experienced an extended winter and greater precipitation which has resulted in a delayed planting season. This of course is a far different story than last year, where drought took hold throughout much of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ELCA World Hunger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-24T20:13:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/04\/P4122025-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"henrymartinez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"henrymartinez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"henrymartinez\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a1018dc9fc22a555bce363e07989f79\"},\"headline\":\"Late winter, late planting\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-24T20:13:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/P4122025-300x225.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Post\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/\",\"name\":\"Late winter, late planting - ELCA World Hunger\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/P4122025-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-24T20:13:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a1018dc9fc22a555bce363e07989f79\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/P4122025-300x225.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/52\\\/hungerrumblings\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/P4122025-300x225.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/late-winter-late-planting\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Late winter, late planting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/\",\"name\":\"ELCA World Hunger\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a1018dc9fc22a555bce363e07989f79\",\"name\":\"henrymartinez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b8f1671a5f7baf00bb22d4674aa64b4ae004a9c18f675eedce0b5d73a5f1d07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b8f1671a5f7baf00bb22d4674aa64b4ae004a9c18f675eedce0b5d73a5f1d07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9b8f1671a5f7baf00bb22d4674aa64b4ae004a9c18f675eedce0b5d73a5f1d07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"henrymartinez\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.elca.org\\\/worldhunger\\\/author\\\/henrymartinez\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Late winter, late planting - ELCA World Hunger","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Late winter, late planting - ELCA World Hunger","og_description":"It’s hard to talk about food and hunger without considering its growth and production. This year, much of the United States has experienced an extended winter and greater precipitation which has resulted in a delayed planting season. This of course is a far different story than last year, where drought took hold throughout much of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/","og_site_name":"ELCA World Hunger","article_published_time":"2013-04-24T20:13:04+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/04\/P4122025-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"henrymartinez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"henrymartinez","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/"},"author":{"name":"henrymartinez","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/6a1018dc9fc22a555bce363e07989f79"},"headline":"Late winter, late planting","datePublished":"2013-04-24T20:13:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/"},"wordCount":339,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/04\/P4122025-300x225.jpg","articleSection":["Post"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/","name":"Late winter, late planting - ELCA World Hunger","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/04\/P4122025-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2013-04-24T20:13:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/6a1018dc9fc22a555bce363e07989f79"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/04\/P4122025-300x225.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/04\/P4122025-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/late-winter-late-planting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Late winter, late planting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/","name":"ELCA World Hunger","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/#\/schema\/person\/6a1018dc9fc22a555bce363e07989f79","name":"henrymartinez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b8f1671a5f7baf00bb22d4674aa64b4ae004a9c18f675eedce0b5d73a5f1d07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b8f1671a5f7baf00bb22d4674aa64b4ae004a9c18f675eedce0b5d73a5f1d07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b8f1671a5f7baf00bb22d4674aa64b4ae004a9c18f675eedce0b5d73a5f1d07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"henrymartinez"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/author\/henrymartinez\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}