To obtain intelligence on the wide variety of signals in the southeast, multiple high-altitude aircraft cut through jet-streams and other natural weather formations, like strato-cumulus clouds, disrupting weather patterns. It doesn't require a degree in meteorology to realize that disrupting weather patterns in such a large area is a likely cause of the current nationwide droughts and record-breaking temperatures.

Even large farmers live one season at a time; and routinely use their land as collateral in the spring, when they borrow money for seed, fertilizer and labor. If crops fail, as they will this growing season, farmers will go bankrupt, as their farmland hits the auction blocks at fire-sale prices.

A few extremely wealthy groups could end up controlling all food prices in the USA, if this trend continues. Keep in mind certain small, exclusive groups already control worldwide oil prices to a great degree.