Jim Bakker Show

The government of Panama has ordered the closing of all schools in an attempt to help the country in the midst of a major power crisis connected to a national drought.

Nearly 60% of Panama’s power is generated through hydroelectric plants .  The drought is causing significant problems for the plants as demand is far outpacing their ability to produce.  The government has declared a drought emergency for over 1/3 of the country. (more…)

The entire north island of New Zealand has been hit with a drought the government is calling the worst in 30 years.

The capital, Wellington, is reported to have only 18 days of water supply left. The south island is feared to start feeling the effects of the drought very soon. (more…)

According to a NASA study, fresh water has disappeared in the Middle East in an alarming amount of volume equal to the Dead Sea. The loss is due in part to poor water management, increased demands for groundwater and the effects of drought.

The American Geophysical Union has been studying data collected over the past seven years, from a pair of gravity-measuring satellites that are part of NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). (more…)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 47 Arkansas counties, including Logan County, as disaster areas, making farmers and ranchers eligible for financial aid to recover from last summer’s drought, members of the state’s congressional delegation announced last Thursday. (more…)

Pastor Jim & Lori Bakker celebrate National Bean Week for Day 2 on The Jim Bakker Show. (more…)

Over the last year, residents of the Midwest have been reporting weather conditions that remind historians of the “Dust Bowl.”

Close to 62% of the United States remain in drought conditions and scientists are reporting that parts of Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico are in “exceptional drought conditions.” (more…)

“We are entering a new era of rising food prices and spreading hunger. Food supplies are tightening everywhere and land is becoming the most sought-after commodity as the world shifts from an age of food abundance to one of scarcity. The geopolitics of food is fast overshadowing the geopolitics of oil.”

Those chilling words from Lester Brown of the Earth policy research center in Washington come as the United Nations is reporting that grain reserves worldwide have reached such a critical point that extreme weather in the United States or other major food exporting nations next year could cause a major hunger crisis. (more…)

The summer of unusually wet weather has created a large impact on British crops that is going to lead to heavy increases in food prices.

The National Farmers Union announced that wheat yields in the country are down almost 15% lower than the country’s five-year average. The British Retail Consortium said that food prices, already high due to the draught in the U.S. and a heatwave in Russia, which lowered corn and wheat production. (more…)

World food prices rose an average of 1.4% during September according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization. The senior economist at the FAO stated that food prices are likely to remain high.

The fear of food shortages due to drought hitting grain crops in the US, Europe and Asia continued after the FAO stated they predict a 2.6% decrease in cereal production. The decrease is smaller than expected due to higher amounts of wheat and rice offsetting the loss of corn crops. (more…)

Surveys of American agriculture released Tuesday showed higher than expected crop damage driving commodity prices to record highs.

Corn jumped 1.7% to $8.39 a bushel while soybeans finished up 2.8% at $17.30 a bushel. In the last three months, corn prices have jumped 68%. Soybeans have jumped 39%. (more…)