Impacts from one bad weather event can often carry over into later growing seasons. For example, a flood can disturb the natural soil profiles and pull nutrients from the soil. Wind events like hurricanes can take multiple years to recover from, both in rebuilding infrastructure and in replanting crops and orchards. For example, corn from a destroyed storage bin can come up as volunteer corn in later years, complicating the management of other crops. This article from AgWeb describes some of the issues Midwestern farmers are dealing with after the derecho of last year and the floods of the past two years. Here in the Southeast, we are still dealing with impacts of storms like Irma, Michael, Matthew, and Sally, and each can impact farm management for years after they occur.
