The lack of rain and high temperatures have done considerable damage to crops -- particularly those in the Midwest.
Gore went on to decry corporate decisions to develop herbicide-resistant crops and a bacterium that could prevent commercially crippling frost damage to crops.
"There are problems with forestry, damage to crops, road traffic accidents and deer need to be moved on from problem locations and stag hunting does that very well, " he said.
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It is inevitable that a storm this severe will cause damage to crops and logistics, with the result of reduced supplies and therefore, higher prices, until new crops can be planted, harvested and brought to market.
Later, farmers reported damage to young crops after "cover crops" - designed to protect them from the elements - were blown away.
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The deluge has caused extensive damage to key crops - such as wheat, cotton and sugar cane - in a country where agriculture is an economic lynch-pin.
Recovery work following the floods is expected to cost billions of dollars, with officials warning of severe damage to homes, crops and livestock.
Mr Khan says that the effect has not only been to wipe out this year's crops, but because of damage to the irrigation network, next season's crops will be lost too.
Because they are cheaper to use than helicopters, unmanned aircraft can be used to monitor crops and livestock, look at damage to buildings and for other uses.
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Damon and Frances McDormand play Steve and Sue, two advance agents for a large natural-gas company, who arrive in a Pennsylvania country town and try to induce local landholders to lease the rights to their property for fracking the drilling process that can unearth millions of dollars from cow pastures while threatening to pollute the underground water and damage animals and crops.
It can adversely affect forests and crops, and is also linked with damage to plankton, the microscopic creatures at the bottom of the marine food chain.
Another new report, by officials at the Department of the Environment's Biotechnology Unit, also supports fears that genetically modified crops could lead to the use of more powerful herbicides which might damage the habitats of farmland birds and wildlife.
There were concerns the development pesticide-resistant GM crops meant consumers were being exposed to increasingly toxic residues, some of which could damage embryos in the womb.
The lawsuits allege no actual damage but claim regulators failed to adequately consider the possible effects of genetic cross-contamination between genetically engineered and conventional crops.
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