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Post by sigurdur on Feb 3, 2014 19:17:37 GMT
www.agweek.com/event/article/id/22253/GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Though late summer could turn hot and wet, the 2014 growing season should get off to a good start, an area weather expert predicted. Leon Osborne, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of North Dakota, spoke Dec. 12 at the annual Prairie Grains Conference in Grand Forks, N.D. More than 600 people attended the two-day event, which began Dec. 11. The conference was sponsored by a number of North Dakota and Minnesota commodity and farm groups. Planting conditions next spring appear promising, Osborne said. “We are in a time frame where we’re going to see a pretty good beginning growing season,” he said. - See more at: www.agweek.com/event/article/id/22253/#sthash.YBOnTw8u.dpuf
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 3, 2014 19:19:08 GMT
Developing dry pockets in Argentina and Southern Brazil could provide a short boost to soybean markets.
Looks to stay on the drier side till at least Feb 15th.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 15, 2014 16:14:33 GMT
Ahead of the president’s arrival John Holdren, Mr Obama’s science and technology adviser, said : “They’ve always had droughts in the American West of course, but now the severe ones are getting more frequent, they’re getting longer and they’re getting drier.”
This just is NOT a true statement by Holdren. I get so damn tired of the outright ignorance, lies etc in regards to an agenda.
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Post by Pooh on Feb 18, 2014 5:10:09 GMT
I was concerned that our Black Walnut Trees may not survive this winter. Just looked up their cold tolerance. Appears should still be ok. We planted 2 many years ago that have become very beautiful. They are also producing 100+lbs of walnuts, which are a chore to open. A straight line wind 2 years ago really wrecked havoc on one of them. Broke 6" branches at the trunk. But it still survives, wind torn yet majestic. My Grandson has a name for the fruit.....meatballs.....LOL. Since the 2 survived, we have planted a few more. My kids retirement trees. On prevention of soil erosion by wind (Great Plains): Sykes, Frank. Humus and the Farmer. London: Faber and Faber limited, 1946 Subjects: Agriculture, Agriculture --Great Britain, Soils, Manures, Humus. xix, 288 p. plates, group port., 2 fold. maps, diagrs. 23 cm I believe it also touched upon windbreaks (rows of trees on borders of fields). Also, useful cheap remedies to gullies cut by water runoff; I still use them.
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Post by douglavers on Feb 21, 2014 2:13:30 GMT
I don't read much about the possible impact of the Californian drought.
For a starter, the price of almonds will go up substantially, if it has not already.
I suspect the same will be true of a whole range of other commodities.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 21, 2014 6:18:08 GMT
I don't read much about the possible impact of the Californian drought. For a starter, the price of almonds will go up substantially, if it has not already. I suspect the same will be true of a whole range of other commodities. IF the California drought becomes a normal 10-20 year event, ommodities will go up until other areas fill the void. The real costs have never been accurately priced. It costs a lot of money to maintain all the water infrastructure that is required for Ag in the Central Valley. In fact, required for the cities as well.
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 13, 2014 18:21:32 GMT
Brazil/Argentina ag production has dropped because of excess rains and too dry in other areas. Sound familiar?
The long term forecast for the USA is cool and a tad wet. But the odds of the forecasts being correct are not very good. Dart board anyone?
What is known is that the Missouri River Basin has lots of snow to melt, and there is an 80% probability of spring flooding along that river. That will help barge traffic etc.
I can state with 100% confidence that there will be no field work done in North Dakota/Minnesota in March of 2014.
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 19, 2014 18:33:00 GMT
This is common in the insect verses man battle.
And the insect always wins. They really are a hardy creature.
But the same can be said of AID's. Some mem/women just don't get it....period. Survivors all.
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Post by nautonnier on Mar 21, 2014 0:56:06 GMT
This is common in the insect verses man battle. And the insect always wins. They really are a hardy creature. But the same can be said of AID's. Some mem/women just don't get it....period. Survivors all. The problem is that farmers are persuaded to farm with a single GM monoculture because it is engineered to be resistant to particular pests. Then the minority of pests that are not affected explode in population because they have no competition and the farmer is in danger of losing all his crop. Same applies to those plants that are engineered to be resistant to particular weed killers and suddenly there is a massive infestation of weeds that are also resistant to the same weedkiller. Nature will always adapt to get around these rather ponderous GM ideas. See The Rise of Superweeds—and What to Do About Itlinkand Farmers using more pesticides as pests become immune to GMOs"
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 21, 2014 22:02:54 GMT
Code: Can't save hybrid seed. The production of hybrid requires a male and a female plant. The offspring is the "Hybrid".
And if you plant that seed, then you end up back with the males and females of the line, hence really poor production and not the improvement of genetics that the hybrid comes with.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 3, 2014 14:48:28 GMT
IF, that El Nino comes to pass, it portends to be an excellent production season in the USA.
Winter Wheat in the Western wheat belt is not good, eastern pretty fair. So wheat will potentially come in normal.
Corn and soybeans always benefit from an El Nino as it is a warm, damp growing season.
I want that sucker to get going, altho if it is too early, the atmospheric effects diminish rapidly.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 7, 2014 13:55:12 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Apr 20, 2014 10:12:34 GMT
Weatherbell.com warning clients around great lakes since FEB that this being one of shortest growing seasons ever.Others 50 dys late
A 'tweet' from Joe Bastardi
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 20, 2014 13:32:10 GMT
As always, cold is not ag productions friend. Too much heat isn't good either, but normally plants live to fight another day.
Freeze them? And they die.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 20, 2014 16:01:07 GMT
Code: That happened during the year without a summer, after the huge volcanic explosion. Krakatoa? Don't remember the name of the volcano.
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