Jo Nova writes an update about the story of the Thompsons. My thanks to all WUWT readers who lended support. Know that your efforts have helped, but the battle continues.…
Category: Agriculture
An upside of climate change
We’ve been told repeatedly that global warming has no upside. It’s all hellish temperatures and/or high water according to some. But, according to this USA Today -Weather Channel story, there…
Worse than we thought: "unpredictability of the weather" and crops
From the University of Leeds, the Met Office Hadley Centre and University of Exeter via Eurekalert. No mention of the blueberry crop though. Crop failures set to increase…
Wasted food a huge energy gobbler
I’ll have to admit, Professor Webster has a point. Food is so abundant in the western world that household trashbins are routinely stuffed with uneaten food. Now If I can…
Christy on irrigation and regional temperature effects
In this recent post I discussed a paper on regional temperature divergence issues related to irrigation from Dr. John Christy saying: New irrigation effects study counter to what Christy discovered This…
Death of a Feedlot Operator
In my post about 9-11 remembrance today, I pointed out “freedom from tyranny” as something to remember and be thankful for. In Western Australia, licensing a simple farming operation has…
Timing is everything
Tom Nelson writes: On the same day that the USDA forecasts bumper crops for corn, soybeans, and wheat, they try to convince us that carbon dioxide is devastating our crops…
Rice yields, CO2 and temperature – you write the article
I started on this yesterday, had to put it aside for work, and I’m hugely busy today. Then I thought, you know, I have a whole army of people that…
Corn as a local climate forcing
How corn may be helping Michigan keep its cool From the “corn is not climate” department and David Veselenak, The Grand Rapids Press Grand Rapids hasn’t seen the thermometer break…
Tink Fitzhew vs the USGS
Guest post by WUWT moderator Mike Lorrey Up here in northern New England, we like our tall tales. Stories of the humor, wisdom, and idiosyncratic thought of the yankee farmer…
The EPA has gone mad cow disease
EPA classifies milk as oil, forcing costly rules on farmers Monica Scott The Grand Rapids Press Update: State Senate calls for EPA to change rule classifying cow’s milk as oil…
Now it's more CO2 that will threaten crops
Sometimes I wonder if science hasn’t been infected with some sort of mass delusion about CO2. Watch this amazing video on CO2 and plant growth from CO2Science.org, then read below…
Corned grief: biofuels may increase CO2
From the “damned if you do, damned if you don’t department”. More Maize Ethanol May Boost Greenhouse Gas Emissions From the American Institute of Biological Sciences Read the full article…
New study argues climate change was not responsible for the Agricultural Revolution
From Springerlink: Stable climate and plant domestication linked New study argues climate change was not responsible for the Agricultural Revolution Sustainable farming and the introduction of new crops relies on…
Socioeconomic Impacts of Global Warming are Systematically Overestimated–Part II
Socioeconomic Impacts of Global Warming are Systematically Overestimated Part II: How Large Might be the Overestimation? Indur M. Goklany A major argument advanced for drastic GHG emission reductions is that,…
Socioeconomic Impacts of Global Warming are Systematically Overestimated
Socioeconomic Impacts of Global Warming are Systematically Overestimated Part I: Why are Impacts Overestimated? Indur M. Goklany [Note to the Reader: For the sake of argument, in this post I…
Agricultural pioneer and climate skeptic – Dr. Norman Borlaug
Renowned agricultural scientist Dr. Norman Borlaug has died at the age of 95. Borlaug, known as the father of the “Green Revolution” for saving over a billion people from starvation…
Global Warming to Threaten California Fruits and Nuts?
I found this press release on the UC Davis website interesting, because it discusses something new to me, “winter chill”. I found it interesting. But immediately, I thought of this…
Cooler weather bringing the "luck of the Irish" to the USA
While we don’t have to worry about starvation like the Irish due to lack of crop diversity, it is interesting that we are seeing the same mold that caused the…
First Ever Ice Wine in Brazil
Via Joe D’Aleo at ICECAP Team Vinicola Perico, Vinicola Vineyards in Santa Catarina, Brazil Our friends at the METSUL reports that for the first time ever in Brazil icewine has…
Canada and USA agricultural weather issues and changes in our solar cycles
There’s been some concern lately over climate and agriculture. In the last few days we’ve had headlines such as: Crops under stress as temperatures fall (UK Telegraph) Canadian Wheat Output…
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