NASA's announcement that the "Solar Minimum is Deepening" caused a rash of media articles -- but what does it really mean? With serial multi-billion dollar blows to modern agriculture, we need to start growing our own food. Onion shortages and maple syrup production failures. Farmers are complaining about planting delays after the April blizzard in the US with hashtag #NoPlant19; Prevented Planting acres may be high this season. Saving seeds can save your life. Start growing today.
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all links:
NASA: Solar Minimum Deepens
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1114503/weather-forecast-long-range-nasa-noaa-news-solar-minimum-space-weather
https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2019/04/10/experts-predict-the-solar-cycle/
https://twitter.com/JobmanAg/status/1116475998449668097
- JobmanAg
https://twitter.com/jwolf7447/status/1116746207710388224
- jwolf7447
https://twitter.com/StrutzGrain/status/1113855751074799616
- StrutzGrain
Corn: Analysts Not Worried "YET"
https://www.agweb.com/article/corn-planting-slows-to-a-crawl-analysts-not-worriedyet/
(...but traders are covering their shorts):
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/corn-firms-as-market-worries-about-planting-delays/
https://www.agweb.com/blog/the-allendale-wake-up-call/strong-snowstorms-make-funds-reconsider-short-positions/
Onion Shortage
https://www.washingtonagnetwork.com/2019/04/11/americas-onion-supply-coming-up-short/
https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9077370/i-know-of-practically-no-dutch-red-onions-that-are-still-for-sale/
https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9074462/cool-weather-hits-california-cauliflower-production/
Huge Losses:
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-dirt-soil-loss-midwest.html
https://agroinsurance.com/en/iran-flood-causes-3b-of-agricultural-loss/
https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/97444/snow-cover-rises-by-20-in-iran
Protein Shortage:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/killer-hog-disease-a-dire-situation-in-china-stoking-fears-in-us.html
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/jd0RnL/larmet-om-ostersjons-torskar-zombiefiskar-fulla-med-mask
https://www.scotsman.com/news/global-warming-blamed-for-scotland-s-worst-ever-salmon-season-1-4834860
Wheat supply crisis levels:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-wheat-idUSKCN1L70DT
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-agriculture/u-s-farmers-face-devastation-following-midwest-floods-idUSKCN1R12J0
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-03-05/value-of-australian-farm-production-drops-abares-figures/10867294
https://agroinsurance.com/en/australia-cattle-deaths-5-billion-loss-largely-uninsured/
https://watchers.news/2019/04/12/extreme-weather-scotland-agriculture-food-prices/
Maple Syrup Offline:
https://montrealgazette.com/pmn/commodities-business-pmn/agriculture-commodities-business-pmn/canadian-maple-syrup-production-falls-22-per-cent-last-year-due-cold-winter/wcm/764df6e3-3797-4e6b-a747-3cd8ecafbc45
https://globalnews.ca/news/4996372/nova-scotia-killer-frost-farmers/
https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-maple-producers-struggle-as-climate-changes/26909973
Cyclone :: get seeds to these people!
https://reliefweb.int/report/mozambique/one-month-after-cyclone-idai-food-shortages-outpace-funding
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