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Post by sigurdur on Feb 18, 2017 21:46:31 GMT
I had to smile when I read your link Code. Mr. Myers forgot to mention that the output of food per hectare increases dramatically with higher CO2 levels. The reduction in protein is a direct result of the higher yield. Today, and in the past, this is a known outcome and is overcome by fertilizing for the higher yield. In regards to zinc etc, you can't eat enough wheat in a day to provide this needed vitamin. Eggs are a good source of zinc. The alarmism is actually sad. This guy needs a course in agronomy. The facts are immaterial, it's the message that's important. That is true Birder. The sad thing is, most folks wouldn't know the actual facts. I happen to farm, had agronomy, and understand well the balance of fertility and crop yields. One of the reasons for the huge growth IN yields the past 10 years has been the higher level of CO2. Plants are just flat out more productive with higher CO2. One of the primary reasons that CO2 generators are made for green houses. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGVCcE8FZ0cwww.greenhousemegastore.com/product/johnson-co2-generator/growth-enhancers
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 6, 2017 23:44:52 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Mar 7, 2017 11:00:53 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 7, 2017 14:38:59 GMT
Give it time Ratty. Sometime in the next 50 years it will be too wet, too dry, too cold, or too hot. Then it will be climate change induced.
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 16, 2017 21:56:50 GMT
Wheat as a Proxy for Egypt's Problems - Bad Times AheadVisited Cairo in '97 and it was a hell hole. Egypt's population in '97 was 63 million. Today it's 93 million. Egypt hasn't feed itself in ages, and won't unless the Sahara turns green again, or a lot of people disappear. www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-wheat-idUSKBN16N2B0Living costs have exploded since the import-dependent country floated its currency in November, roughly halving its value and slashing many Egyptians' real income overnight.
With inflation on food and beverages topping 40 percent in February, the notable exception is pita bread, a subsidized staple untouched since 1977 - when then-President Anwar Sadat provoked nationwide riots by announcing a cut in the subsidy.
Last week rare protests took hold in cities across Egypt after a minor reform to cut down flour smuggling by bakers inadvertently left thousands without their daily rations. Although small, they showed what could happen if imports do not keep pace with demand or prices go up.
Forty years after the Sadat-era bread riots established the subsidy as a political red line, the pita is still offered for just 0.05 Egyptian pounds ($0.0028) per loaf, which today is about one-tenth its free market price.
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 16, 2017 22:16:53 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Mar 16, 2017 22:30:02 GMT
Put a note on your calendar to remind you to revisit that page later in the year. Better make a copy of the web page, just to be safe.
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 17, 2017 3:46:24 GMT
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Post by douglavers on Mar 17, 2017 5:43:18 GMT
A book I wrote two years ago discusses, in a fictional context, what will likely happen to Egypt some time in the next decade.
It is not nice.
The country can probably feed about half its population from its own resources.
When Saudi money and North American food and aid disappear or diminish, the result is catastrophic.
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 17, 2017 15:02:18 GMT
A book I wrote two years ago discusses, in a fictional context, what will likely happen to Egypt some time in the next decade. It is not nice. The country can probably feed about half its population from its own resources. When Saudi money and North American food and aid disappear or diminish, the result is catastrophic. I think you nailed it. And the new rust strains may decrease the carrying capacity. History has recorded aggressive geographic pulses associated with similar events in the past. Israel should stock up on 'music'. Book reference?
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Post by douglavers on Mar 17, 2017 20:57:00 GMT
Amazon "Rekindling of Hope", Chapters 20 & 21 Otherwise go to my website, www.douglavers.com
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 17, 2017 21:46:24 GMT
Amazon "Rekindling of Hope", Chapters 20 & 21 Otherwise go to my website, www.douglavers.comA literary genius in our midst! Wonderful!!! Thank you for sharing this Mr. Lavers.
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 18, 2017 19:57:58 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 19, 2017 0:59:00 GMT
He is correct about S. Korea. Ag yes and no. We are not making any money at current prices. Is there a crisis in AG in regards to ability to finance? Not yet. Farmers are burning through working capital. When we run out (2 years at current rate), then there will be a full blown crisis. Crop area not planted? I have not observed that.
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Post by graywolf on Mar 21, 2017 8:43:17 GMT
Widespread damage from Southeast freeze At least 90 percent of the peach crop in South Carolina (the nation’s top peach producer behind California, with a typical crop value of $90 million) was wiped out by freezing temperatures late last week, according to the state’s agriculture commissioner. The state’s wheat and corn fields also suffered heavy damage, reported WISTV. A less severe freeze in Georgia may have ruined anywhere from 25 to 75 percent of that state’s peach crop. Blueberries across the Southeast also experienced major damage, as summarized by Louisville, KY, broadcast meteorologist John Belski. It dropped to 25°F in Gainesville, FL, on Thursday morning, the coldest reading for so late in the year in more than a century of Gainesville records. Jacksonville’s 28°F was also a record for so late in the year. Update: Total crop losses in South Carolina and Georgia could approach $1 billion, according to an AP report filed Monday afternoon. From; www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/tornado-risk-amping-up-this-week-and-beyond
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