Voronezh (#1 Russia's Black Earth #wheat grower) officially confirms winterkill of 21%, a record high for recent years. The real number could be higher as not all farmers report losses.
#GrandSolarMinimum
#GrandSolarMinimum
Global lockdown every two years needed to meet Paris CO2 goals – study
https://web.archive.org/web/20210303160620/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/03/global-lockdown-every-two-years-needed-to-meet-paris-co2-goals-study
https://web.archive.org/web/20210303160620/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/03/global-lockdown-every-two-years-needed-to-meet-paris-co2-goals-study
the Guardian
Global lockdown every two years needed to meet Paris CO2 goals – study
Equivalent falls in emissions over a decade required to keep to safe limits of global heating, experts say
Complexity, AI & the future of food: AI’s food security impact
“Few problems facing humanity are as serious as the looming food security crisis. This series has looked at the role artificial AI can play in finding solutions to this problem. These approaches include the interpretation of satellite imagery to boost yields, enhancing climate resilience, developing agrobots, and boosting food security through biometrics.
This isn’t like a typical static problem in which one needs do no more than apply a little conventional thinking to come up with the perfect remedy. As discussed, AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain. For that to happen, developers of such an AI system would have to draw inspiration from plant intelligence and plant functioning rather than going down the more obvious road of copying the functions of the human brain.
#aiFood
https://agfundernews.com/ai-complexity-ai-the-future-of-food-bringing-it-all-together-ais-food-security-impact.html
“Few problems facing humanity are as serious as the looming food security crisis. This series has looked at the role artificial AI can play in finding solutions to this problem. These approaches include the interpretation of satellite imagery to boost yields, enhancing climate resilience, developing agrobots, and boosting food security through biometrics.
This isn’t like a typical static problem in which one needs do no more than apply a little conventional thinking to come up with the perfect remedy. As discussed, AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain. For that to happen, developers of such an AI system would have to draw inspiration from plant intelligence and plant functioning rather than going down the more obvious road of copying the functions of the human brain.
#aiFood
https://agfundernews.com/ai-complexity-ai-the-future-of-food-bringing-it-all-together-ais-food-security-impact.html
AgFunderNews
Complexity, AI & the future of food: AI’s food security impact
AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain, writes Joseph Byrum.
VANCOUVER — A shortage of veterinarians in British Columbia threatens food security and is responsible for animals suffering and dying, according the group that speaks for animal doctors in the province.
The society characterizes the situation as a "crisis," describing it as the worst in Canada and saying it has myriad implications for the province's animals. The letter says animal food security is at risk, rescue groups are limited to which animals they can save, owners have had to euthanize their horses for preventable illnesses and residents with companion animals face long waits for care.
Rural veterinarians report eight weeks or longer and, in some cases, the animals die before getting the help they need."
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/animals-at-risk-as-b-c-falls-behind-in-educating-veterinarians-society/ar-BB1g2pnF?ocid=msedgntp
The society characterizes the situation as a "crisis," describing it as the worst in Canada and saying it has myriad implications for the province's animals. The letter says animal food security is at risk, rescue groups are limited to which animals they can save, owners have had to euthanize their horses for preventable illnesses and residents with companion animals face long waits for care.
Rural veterinarians report eight weeks or longer and, in some cases, the animals die before getting the help they need."
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/animals-at-risk-as-b-c-falls-behind-in-educating-veterinarians-society/ar-BB1g2pnF?ocid=msedgntp
Msn
Animals at risk as B.C. falls behind in educating veterinarians: society
VANCOUVER — A shortage of veterinarians in British Columbia threatens food security and is responsible for animals suffering and dying, according the group that speaks for animal doctors in the province.
Constructing the post-human future:
Farming Robot Kills 100,000 Weeds per Hour With Lasers
A person can weed about one acre of crops a day. This smart robot can weed 20.
Carbon Robotics has unveiled the third-generation of its Autonomous Weeder, a smart farming robot that identifies weeds and then destroys them with high-power lasers.
The weedkiller challenge: Weeds compete with plants for space, sunlight, and soil nutrients. They can also make it easier for insect pests to harm crops, so weed control is a top concern for farmers.
https://www.freethink.com/articles/farming-robot
Farming Robot Kills 100,000 Weeds per Hour With Lasers
A person can weed about one acre of crops a day. This smart robot can weed 20.
Carbon Robotics has unveiled the third-generation of its Autonomous Weeder, a smart farming robot that identifies weeds and then destroys them with high-power lasers.
The weedkiller challenge: Weeds compete with plants for space, sunlight, and soil nutrients. They can also make it easier for insect pests to harm crops, so weed control is a top concern for farmers.
https://www.freethink.com/articles/farming-robot
Freethink
Farming robot kills 200,000 weeds per hour with lasers
A person can weed about one acre of crops a day. This smart robot can weed two per hour.
If you need it soon, buy it now.
If you need it long term, figure out how to make/grow it.
https://www.rt.com/business/521925-commodity-prices-surge-consumers/
If you need it long term, figure out how to make/grow it.
https://www.rt.com/business/521925-commodity-prices-surge-consumers/
RT
Ballooning commodity prices are about to hit consumers in a BIG WAY
Ballooning commodity prices are about to hit consumers in a BIG WAY
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Food prices are now unleashed, going to continue upward:
https://www.reuters.com/article/global-grains/grains-corn-around-8-year-highs-on-tightening-world-supplies-wheat-up-idUSL1N2MJ0M9
https://www.reuters.com/article/global-grains/grains-corn-around-8-year-highs-on-tightening-world-supplies-wheat-up-idUSL1N2MJ0M9
U.S.
GRAINS-Corn around 8-year highs on tightening world supplies, wheat up
* Wheat hits seven-year high, soybeans at 2013 peak (Updates with continued strength in European trade, adds comment)
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My friend works at the tractor shop..they can't get parts..it's bad
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I work in a saw shop and we’ve had saws ordered since November and still haven’t gotten a single one. We only have two saws left in the entire store.
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Chevrolet car lots are almost empty in East Texas. Shortages are appearing everywhere. Even things like pet food!
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Im a commercial Electrician in a pretty large city and were having trouble getting conduit and fittings. Circuit breakers are really hard to find.
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I'm an electrical engineer, and microchips for our products are scheduling 52+ weeks out....
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Electrician in NY and NH. No residential wire to be found without daily purchase limits in either state or any where in between.
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My husband owns an HVAC company. Everything is on back order. This has been going on for months. We are in AZ. We’re getting nervous.
The safrinha data indicates crop is in terrible shape, as expected given how delayed it was due to the last crop of soybeans being stuck in the flooded fields.
This is a huge red alert. These cascading failures are no longer “a bad season we can come back from” — we’ve been running below pipeline levels for years (ie eating through our supplies), and now we’re out. That’s why corn/soy hitting 8-year highs.
Start growing food. This is an acute emergency.
This is a huge red alert. These cascading failures are no longer “a bad season we can come back from” — we’ve been running below pipeline levels for years (ie eating through our supplies), and now we’re out. That’s why corn/soy hitting 8-year highs.
Start growing food. This is an acute emergency.
Just another day practicing cat cannibalism and euthanizing 4,000 kittens at the USDA.
But I'm sure they have your best interests in mind ...
https://www.livescience.com/65038-why-usda-conducted-experiments-cat-cannibalism.html
But I'm sure they have your best interests in mind ...
https://www.livescience.com/65038-why-usda-conducted-experiments-cat-cannibalism.html
livescience.com
Why Did the USDA Perform 'Cat Cannibalism' Experiments?
A new watchdog report claims that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been purchasing cats and dogs at meat markets abroad to use in gruesome experiments here in the United States.