Many American and Canadian farmers also complained that they had to stop planting in the fields because of this The geomagnetic storm disrupted the navigation systems of tractors and farm machinery to the point that they were inoperable by Friday evening. It is known that strong solar flares and solar winds can cause disturbances in GPS systems as well as in radio communications.
There was a little panic on many farms, as they were in the middle of planting corn and most of the equipment was not working. Patrick O'Connor, a farmer from Minneapolis, told the New York Times that he had never seen anything like this before in his career. The Sun is approaching the peak of its 11-year cycle, so it is not surprising that increasingly powerful solar flares and solar winds are disrupting Earth's geomagnetic field.
And in our country as well – but this phenomenon also caused disturbances, as North American farmers were unable to grow corn.'>
