The August 2020 derecho is now classified as the costliest severe thunderstorm in American history, with an estimated damage cost of $11.2 billion, reportsWQAD.
But for farmers hit hard by the storm, those impacts might not be over yet.
In a normal year there's not usually enough volunteer corn to worry farmers. But in a derecho year, it's a different story entirely.
A studyconducted by South Dakota State University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found that 2021 volunteer corn could reach worrying levels. By some estimates, soybean farmers could lose up to 54% of their yields.
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