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One of the large hailstones that fell on Timaru, New Zealand.
Canterbury farmers are scrambling to salvage what was spared from hail the size of eggs which pummelled Canterbury this week.
Some of them are fearing as much as an
80 percent crop loss after two severe storms battered the region.
Insurers said they've received hundreds of claims after the egg-sized hail and driving rain caused extensive damage.
"Its been pretty extensive its done a lot of damage to a broad range of crops, wheat and barley particularly.
"It's just been chopped right off by the hail storm," Brian Leadley, Vice-chairperson of Federated Farmers, said.
His crop of peas is just one month out from harvest. He said the storm bruised the plants badly.
Many of the crops are going to be exposed to disease which means farmers may have to invest more money into crops.
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David DuByne of Adapt 2030 recently had a two part discussion with Laura Knight-Jadczyk and Pierre Lescaudron, editors at SOTT.net and authors of Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection: The Secret History of the World.See here for Part 1 and Part 2.
Review of Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection. The book is available to purchase here.