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Post by sigurdur on Jul 24, 2010 0:00:47 GMT
Now we are having problems: The late blight has arrived earlier than anytime in the past. It has now spread to Maine/Wisconsin/Michigan/Minnesota and North Dakota.
This cold wet stuff so early truely sucks.
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Post by sigurdur on Jul 24, 2010 2:45:08 GMT
In case people have forgotten, Late Blight caused the Irish Potato Famine. It is a horrendous costly fungi.
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Post by trbixler on Jul 24, 2010 2:58:18 GMT
sig Something about history repeating itself, kind of cyclical (24).
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Post by scpg02 on Jul 24, 2010 3:49:54 GMT
In case people have forgotten, Late Blight caused the Irish Potato Famine. It is a horrendous costly fungi. Agriculture is not an easy living. Did you read the article about Haiti burning their GMO seed provided as relief? www.naturalnews.com/029222_GMOs_Haiti.html
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Post by stranger on Jul 25, 2010 1:42:36 GMT
Yes, I saw the Hatians had burned the selected GMO seed. According to the "news" the seed had been selected for Haiti's climate and soil.
I suppose it demonstrates how easily humans can be persuaded to act against their own interests.
Stranger
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Post by sigurdur on Jul 30, 2010 17:25:39 GMT
Sources indicate that Russia has cancelled 3 cargos of wheat bound for Egypt today. If this turns out to be a fact, this does not bode well for long term wheat supplies in the world. There are too many areas, such as Canada that had a cold wet spring and production is down substantially. Yesterdays export sales revealed that even Canada imported 55,000 tonnes of wheat from the US. When you have a now two major exporters in trouble, that is going to translate to hungry people. As I have said before, all the money spent on AGW models etc should have been going to establish a world wide food reserve. The insanity of money going down a rat hole isn't funny anymore.
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Post by scpg02 on Jul 30, 2010 18:53:36 GMT
Sources indicate that Russia has cancelled 3 cargos of wheat bound for Egypt today. If this turns out to be a fact, this does not bode well for long term wheat supplies in the world. There are too many areas, such as Canada that had a cold wet spring and production is down substantially. Yesterdays export sales revealed that even Canada imported 55,000 tonnes of wheat from the US. When you have a now two major exporters in trouble, that is going to translate to hungry people. As I have said before, all the money spent on AGW models etc should have been going to establish a world wide food reserve. The insanity of money going down a rat hole isn't funny anymore. Agreed.
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Post by curiousgeorge on Jul 30, 2010 19:22:10 GMT
Sources indicate that Russia has cancelled 3 cargos of wheat bound for Egypt today. If this turns out to be a fact, this does not bode well for long term wheat supplies in the world. There are too many areas, such as Canada that had a cold wet spring and production is down substantially. Yesterdays export sales revealed that even Canada imported 55,000 tonnes of wheat from the US. When you have a now two major exporters in trouble, that is going to translate to hungry people. As I have said before, all the money spent on AGW models etc should have been going to establish a world wide food reserve. The insanity of money going down a rat hole isn't funny anymore. Well, the rats gotta eat too. Btw, I'm a couple days late on the last NASS report but here it is anyway: usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/WWNatSumm/WWNatSumm-07-27-2010.txtBriefly, most of the major National crops (Corn, wheat, soy, cotton, etc. ) are quite a bit ahead of last year at this time, and many ahead of the 5 year avg. Mostly attributed to recent weather conditions. As normal, some areas have experienced less than ideal conditions than others, but overall the weather has been cooperative. US and European Wheat production is expected to offset poor harvests in Russia and Canada according to DTN - www.dtnprogressivefarmer.com/dtnag/common/link.do;jsessionid=419B08D636CD241BA7C6C128A3813706.agfreejvm1?symbolicName=/free/news/template1&paneContentId=5&paneParentId=70104&product=/ag/news/topstories&vendorReference=4377d365-60ef-42c6-b468-f07bce00071b
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Post by throttleup on Jul 30, 2010 19:25:55 GMT
Sources indicate that Russia has cancelled 3 cargos of wheat bound for Egypt today. If this turns out to be a fact, this does not bode well for long term wheat supplies in the world. There are too many areas, such as Canada that had a cold wet spring and production is down substantially. Yesterdays export sales revealed that even Canada imported 55,000 tonnes of wheat from the US. When you have a now two major exporters in trouble, that is going to translate to hungry people. As I have said before, all the money spent on AGW models etc should have been going to establish a world wide food reserve. The insanity of money going down a rat hole isn't funny anymore. Good information, Sig. And I likewise concur...
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Post by sigurdur on Aug 6, 2010 4:26:22 GMT
Russia has suspended wheat exports for at least 3 months. Mr. Putin declared it today. The market rose today, and is up again tonight. My wife informed me tonight she is going to buy 100 lbs of flour tomorrow. Last time wheat took off, the flour went up and stayed there long after wheat prices fell.
Looking at past periods of history, the Maudner Minn provided a spike in wheat prices. We are now entering another sun cycle simliar to that time. Does anyone anymore think that the sun has no affect on climate? The evidence is in the gut is it not? No...I can't prove a thing. But history does not lie either. There is something that climate science is totally missing. It is time that they got off the AGW bandwagon and started looking.
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Post by sigurdur on Aug 6, 2010 4:28:49 GMT
That 12 to 13 million acres in Canada that didn't get planted this spring because of being cold and wet is starting to look more important all the time.
We need to take a billion out of AGW funding....and put it into an international grain reserve. This is only common sense.
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Post by scpg02 on Aug 6, 2010 6:31:25 GMT
That 12 to 13 million acres in Canada that didn't get planted this spring because of being cold and wet is starting to look more important all the time. We need to take a billion out of AGW funding....and put it into an international grain reserve. This is only common sense. common sense yes but they are too busy trying to shut agriculture down to think of it.
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Post by curiousgeorge on Aug 6, 2010 11:42:37 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Aug 12, 2010 4:23:46 GMT
The next week for my area is forcast to be cool and wet. This does not bode well for finishing wheat harvest, nor maturing the row crops. Southern North Dakota looks to be in great shape, but northern areas are not. The Canadian Provinces are also not in great shape. Dry in Western Aussie wheat belts, cold and dry in Argentina, Hot and dry in Russia, eastern Europe. This may be an interesting winter. Crop report in the morning. Will see how much USDA adjusts to the current data.
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Post by sigurdur on Aug 12, 2010 4:29:57 GMT
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