News You Won’t Read in the MSM
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on May 15, 2008 – 2:03 pm -An outbreak of sharp eyespot disease (SED), which affects cereals, is threatening 72.46 million mu (4.83 million hectares) of wheat in China’s major producing regions, according to local agricultural authorities.
This is exactly what I warned about in earlier diaries on the grain situation. With grain inventories at 40 year lows and demand booming the earth cannot afford any crop failures or outbreak of diseases that will lower yields. All we need is a drought here and a pestilence there, and we’re toast.
Do you know if the Democrats have a plan of action ’cause we sure can’t rely on the repukes to come up with anything except showering bombs anywhere in the Middle East. Read more »
Tags: Environment, Food Costs, Global Warming, Grain Yields, Wheat Crops
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