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| China's food supply imperiled | |
| 2019-06-07 | |
| [AmericanThinker] China’s food supply is being imperiled as new reports warn that up to 50 percent of China’s 440 million pigs are now at risk from African Swine Fever infection. ...Geopolitical Futures emphasizes that China’s food supply is also being endangered due to other developing risks. The Fall Armyworm has spread to 220,000 acres (89,000 hectares) in Southern China, ruining primarily corn and some sugar cane crops. With no natural predators in China, the USDA warned "there is a high probability that the pest will spread across all of China’s grain production area within the next 12 months."
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| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #13 A man with several thousand acres still kind of too wet to plant on in Central Nebraska is thinking of substituting hemp for his corn and soybeans it's too wet to plant. It has a shorter growing season. This the the rope, paper and cloth form of the plant not the smoked one. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2019-06-07 21:13 |
| #12 Although western Kansas may benefit from the rains if they can sow in time - and believe me they are booking* - the bread basket, the central third of the state, are reporting numerous wheat fields flooded with possible 100% loss. If true, that is big. *there is some stupid bike across America deal where they ride bikes through Kansas at this time of year. Once you get off the interstate, it is basically a large construction zone, narrow roads, no shoulders, and the sowing clock is ticking especially if there are storms - can't tractor in the mud, not without a recovery crane. About broke the dashboard when some schmuck on the radio told us to watch out for them. As much fun as platoon of bicyclists vs. forage harvester sounds, its like taking a preschool on a tour of a building in the process of being demo'd. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-06-07 15:36 |
| #11 Now that virtually everyone in the Midwest has a crawfish pond, whether they wanted one or not... |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-06-07 15:28 |
| #10 Liberals told us to eat insects.... Maybe they'll get some locust. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-06-07 15:19 |
| #9 In our part of the world, only about 38-39% of the beans have been planted. Usually closer to 75% by this time of the year. Lots of 'lakefront' property, though. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-06-07 14:25 |
| #8 Something for you city guys who have never shoveled Sh1t to think about |
| Posted by: Ulatle Speaking for Boskone6839 2019-06-07 13:24 |
| #7 https://www.agweb.com/mobile/soybean-planting-map/ Looks like the world is introuble. Let’s see...,ethanol or food? |
| Posted by: Ulatle Speaking for Boskone6839 2019-06-07 13:18 |
| #6 They are buying 500M tons of soybeans from us this year. Corn planting was delayed this year because of rains. When does soybean planting start? |
| Posted by: Ulatle Speaking for Boskone6839 2019-06-07 13:15 |
| #5 Hogs, or Chinese? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-07 10:09 |
| #4 Somehow I just can't feel all that much pity for them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-06-07 09:16 |
| #3 Fearing "feral hog apocalypse," Texas approves drastic measures |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-07 07:53 |
| #2 A country that can eat dogs, horses and just about anything with szechuan sauce. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-06-07 07:52 |
| #1 ...gee, I wonder what other country in the world can step up and cover some of that level of loss? Bacon going to get expensive. Preserve now. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-06-07 07:02 |