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Post by gridley on Apr 3, 2023 11:14:09 GMT
*In theory* you could grow crops in the shadows of the wind turbines. I'm sure that theory is expressed whenever wind turbines take over productive land.
In practice, I've yet to see it.
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Post by Sigurdur on Apr 3, 2023 15:44:07 GMT
Yep
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Post by code on Apr 3, 2023 16:27:39 GMT
Tractors roll into Brussels in farmer protest over plans to limit nitrogen emissions
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Post by code on Apr 3, 2023 16:32:49 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 3, 2023 17:28:31 GMT
Slip sliding away. And the trend continues.
I like his work. But he is infected with the same paradigm as others. He also takes no note that the population increases of the last 100 years will(?) become a decline going forward. He seems to believe that "the science" is settled. That oxymoron is still a problem.
Of course, there are many other things that could be done to reduce the impact of food, including reducing waste, portion size, and eating seasonally and locally. We have been talking about them all for years, but the only thing that is actually moving the needle on how we eat is dramatic inflation in food costs caused by the war in Ukraine and crop failures due primarily to climate change. We have noted that earlier research on how just the emissions from food alone are enough to blow the 1.5-degree carbon budget.1
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Post by Sigurdur on Apr 3, 2023 18:50:26 GMT
Slip sliding away. And the trend continues.
I like his work. But he is infected with the same paradigm as others. He also takes no note that the population increases of the last 100 years will(?) become a decline going forward. He seems to believe that "the science" is settled. That oxymoron is still a problem.
Of course, there are many other things that could be done to reduce the impact of food, including reducing waste, portion size, and eating seasonally and locally. We have been talking about them all for years, but the only thing that is actually moving the needle on how we eat is dramatic inflation in food costs caused by the war in Ukraine and crop failures due primarily to climate change. We have noted that earlier research on how just the emissions from food alone are enough to blow the 1.5-degree carbon budget.1
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Post by blustnmtn on Apr 4, 2023 13:13:08 GMT
*In theory* you could grow crops in the shadows of the wind turbines. I'm sure that theory is expressed whenever wind turbines take over productive land.
In practice, I've yet to see it.
You must not have been across Iowa in the last 20 years. Or Kansas. |
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Post by Sigurdur on Apr 4, 2023 18:53:15 GMT
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Post by steve on Apr 4, 2023 23:33:04 GMT
Interesting how smooth the data for Africa is after about 1985. |
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Post by Sigurdur on May 6, 2023 16:07:48 GMT
Upper Great Plains has been cool. Some planting going on in Western ND. Eastern area, nothing yet.
Kansas wheat crop is certainly not going to be a bin buster.
Brazil has overtaken US as worlds largest exporter of corn.
BRIC nations continue to rebel, not using US$ as medium of exchange. Posted a bit about that in Economy thread.
Inflation is very alive and well. Parts are reallllly expensive.
May 10th rapidly approaching. Yields drop dramatically when seeded after 5/10.
Every year is interesting. This one will be no exception.
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Post by blueridgefarms on May 30, 2023 17:24:09 GMT
This is a localish item, not too widespread. But it might be of interest. In my location, we are the driest we've been this time of year since at least 1988, probably since 1956. I've never seen the crops die in the seedling stage from lack of moisture. It might happen this year. We have not had meaningful rain since Sept 10, 2022. We've had 5-10 mm rains, but those evaporate within hours. Maybe two thirds of the cropland has irrigation, and that has been running for two weeks already. We will have a major aquifer drawdown if it doesn't start raining soon. The non-irrigated crops need significant rain within 10 days, or they will begin dying. I'm in the red zone in eastern Nebraska. Apparently, this is the fourth driest spring on record:  |
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Post by ratty on May 31, 2023 1:54:26 GMT
This is a localish item, not too widespread. But it might be of interest. In my location, we are the driest we've been this time of year since at least 1988, probably since 1956. I've never seen the crops die in the seedling stage from lack of moisture. It might happen this year. We have not had meaningful rain since Sept 10, 2022. We've had 5-10 mm rains, but those evaporate within hours. Maybe two thirds of the cropland has irrigation, and that has been running for two weeks already. We will have a major aquifer drawdown if it doesn't start raining soon. The non-irrigated crops need significant rain within 10 days, or they will begin dying. I'm in the red zone in eastern Nebraska. Apparently, this is the fourth driest spring on record: Nothing forecast? There is still no "Do Not Like" button.  |
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Post by blueridgefarms on May 31, 2023 3:09:19 GMT
There is still no "Do Not Like" button. There are plenty of rain chances. But not enough at a time. And most of it will stay in the forecast, and not on the fields.  I ran my sprinkler at 18 mm the first time around. Most of it evaporated within a day. It's set at 30 mm, for this pass, and that will have to be good enough for a while. Too expensive to keep running it.  |
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Post by ratty on May 31, 2023 4:27:30 GMT
There is still no "Do Not Like" button. There are plenty of rain chances. But not enough at a time. And most of it will stay in the forecast, and not on the fields. View Attachment I ran my sprinkler at 18 mm the first time around. Most of it evaporated within a day. It's set at 30 mm, for this pass, and that will have to be good enough for a while. Too expensive to keep running it. View Attachment |
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Post by steve on May 31, 2023 12:06:45 GMT
I am in the orange just below the red. Some pivots were started here about a week ago. Usually they don't run until mid to late June.
I think it is dryer than the drought of 2012, but it started in late July last year and lasted through the winter so nobody cared. "Didn't have to shovel snow so that is a good thing" I am not a fan of shoveling snow, but I don't like the lack of moisture what ever the form.
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