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Farming at Dululu for 100+ years

Wheat Breeding and Genetics

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Description given on Youtube:
Dr. Eric Olson, wheat breeder at the MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, opens with history of wheat production in Michigan and the role of genetic advancement in seedlines. Also discussion of varietal differences in fusarium head blight susceptibility and responsiveness to high-management techniques. At the Michigan Wheat Program’s 2016 Summer Field Day in Frankenmuth.

Northern Hemisphere Crop Losses Spring 2016: Cherry 80%, Apricot 60%, Wheat 6% and More

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Northern Hemisphere Crop losses covering Europe, North American and Asia are staggering.
In several European countries – such as Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Slovenia, France and Belgium – apples, pears, cherries and grapes were frozen. 80% of Cherries, 60% of Apricots, 6% of Wheat, 13% of Austrian wine production. Nother America sits in the 50% losses for fruit. Australian wheat is down.
Excerpts from a summary by NFO, the Dutch fruit growers association: http://www.freshplaza.com/index_sector.asp?sector=5
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157370/Extreme-snowfall-and-frost-damage-in-Europe
Germany http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157370/Extreme-snowfall-and-frost-damage-in-Europe

Extreme snowfall and frost damage in Europe


Russia https://www.chita.ru/news/87419/
https://www.gismeteo.com/city/daily/4797/
https://www.gismeteo.com/catalog/russia/2233/
Austria http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157345/Austrian-minister-Rupprechter-Support-after-frost-and-snow-damage
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157300/Cold-snap-disaster-Huge-damage-in-Austria

Frost in Austria destroys thousands of hectares of vines


http://www.austrianwine.com/facts-figures/austrian-wine-statistics-report
file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/1.2%20Areas%20under%20vine%20by%20grape%20variety%20and%20region_EN.pdf
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Austrian%20Wine%202014_Vienna_Austria_2-3-2014.pdf
http://www.austrianwine.com/news-media/news-from-us/news/news/frost-damage-in-austrias-wine-growing-regions-2699-1/
https://www.lko.at/?+Wetterextreme-Parlament-beschliesst-Ernteversicherung+&id=2500,2433239
https://www.lko.at/?+Erste-schwere-Hagelunwetter-des-Jahres-in-der-Landwirtschaft+&id=2500,2433229
https://www.sevenfifty.com/tc/austrianwine
http://agroinsurance.com/en?s=austria
Hungary http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157376/Up-to-30-procent-frost-damage-in-Hungary
http://bbj.hu/economy/spring-frost-could-waste-half-of-hungarys-crops_115328
http://www.poandpo.com/agrifish/hungary-extent-of-frost-damage-to-food-will-be-known-in-late-may-4-5-2016/
Poland http://www.nfofruit.nl/nieuws/openbaar/extreme-sneeuw-en-vorst-geven-grote-schade-oostenrijk-duitsland-zwitserland-kroatie
Italy Cherries http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157555/Rain-in-Apulia-damages-early-cherries
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/158379/Hailstorm-Apulia-is-it-game-over-for-cherry-campaign
Ukraine http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157491/Cold-spell-decimates-W.-Ukraines-stonefruits
Bulgaria http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157877/Bulgarian-cherry-crop-not-very-good
http://www.bta.bg/en/c/NW/id/1331630
Spain http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157928/Spain-Rainfall-spoils-80-procent-of-Bajo-Aragons-early-cherries
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157096/Spain-First-early-cherries-with-80-procent-lower-volume
Swiss Farmers http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157285/Swiss-fruit-farmers-fear-for-apricot-trees
http://www.bauernzeitung.ch/sda-archiv/2015/frost-macht-reben-zu-schaffen/

How growers protect their crops from frost damage


https://www.facebook.com/spinazze.spinazze/posts/1610529409267088?pnref=story
French Wheat http://www.agweb.com/article/french-wheat-crop-quality-threatened-after-a-deluge-of-rain-blmg/

USA http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/04/fruit_cold_snap_damage.html
Rain, hail and cold weather pose problems for fruit growers in parts of Utah
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/158349/US(CA)-Cherry-crop-reduced-by-50-percent
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/april-cold-threatens-significant-losses-of-fruit-crop-northeastern-us/56491741
http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-05-17/cold-snap-damages-wine-grape-crops-in-minnesota-wisconsin
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/158528/US-Northwests-Bing-cherry-crop-a-disaster
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/158505/US(GA)-Blueberries-supply-low-but-expected-to-improve
Central America http://www.freshplaza.com/region/2B/central-america
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/158354/Mexico-Samalayuca-loses-millions-to-hail
Turkey http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157965/Turkey-suffers-30-procent-cherry-crop-loss
Sun drops off a cliff in activity http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression May even lower than this chart.
Europe rapeseed crop losses http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2016/05/04/european-rapeseed-crop-damaged-by-insects-and-frost-but-germany-seen-better-off/

EU rapeseed crop to fall after Polish frosts, insect damage


Canadian Beetle problem http://www.producer.com/2016/05/pea-leaf-weevil-worst-outbreak-that-i-have-seen/
Malaysian Oil Plam prices http://www.producer.com/daily/palm-oil-to-rise-on-el-nino-as-industry-prepares-for-la-nina/

Robin Allaby. Ancient DNA & the origins & evolution of agriculture

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Description given on Youtube:
Ancient DNA provides an approach to directly track the progression and ‘real time’ evolution of the crops involved in agriculture. Advances in technology have allowed us change the way we think of the arrival of agriculture to northern Europe and it’s adoption by indigenous peoples, produce genome scale analyses of DNA, RNA and methylation profiles from archaeological material. This provides us with the ability to unpick the palimpsest of the genomic script, and identify how our crops gained the qualities they have and provide insights from the past that can help the future.

Ulster Farmers Union EU Referendum Debate June 2016

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Description given on Youtube:
The UFU facilitated a debate of the Remain and Leave arguments for the local farming and food industries. The speakers were Sir Peter Kendall, a former president of the NFU, for Remain and former DEFRA minister, Owen Paterson for Leave.

National Farmers’ Federation Machinery Guarding

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Description given on Youtube:
In this video Stacey Wordsworth from the National Farmers’ Federation presents a simple process for managing safety risks when working with farm machinery. Stacey joins Peter O’Connor, on site at Oxton Park, Harden NSW, to demonstrate how this process is applied to piece of machinery guarding that could pose a hazard to a worker.

The video was produced by the National Farmers’ Federation under a grant provided by Safe Work Australia.

Audio Interview: James Delingpole on the Little Green Book of Eco-Fascism

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Description given on Youtube:
“I’m not a scientist and actually given what I’ve seen of scientists in my experiences following the global warming scam, I’m glad I’m not a scientist because a lot of these guys are basically shysters and crooks. They’re not some kind of white-coated elite with a special hotline to the truth. In fact, they’re just ordinary guys and girls trying to earn a living like the rest of us but slightly more dodgily than the rest of us in the one or two egregious cases,” James Delingpole of Ricochet.com, the UK Spectator and the executive editor the newly launched Breitbart London, tells me in our latest interview. And that’s one of the kinder things that the author of The Little Green Book of Eco-Fascism: The Left’s Plan to Frighten Your Kids, Drive Up Energy Costs, and Hike Your Taxes has to say on the subject. He’ll also discuss:

● If Mark Steyn loses his lawsuit to Michael Mann, who gets the top bunk in their cell at the Global Warming Stalag, James or Mark?

● The concept of the “Friendly Lawsuit,” and how it helps to explain that left is nothing but Potemkin Villages, all the way down.

● Prying open “The Drawbridge Effect” to see what’s inside Al Gore and Thomas Friedman’s mansions.

● How can the media alternately tell us the world is coming to an end in five years, then cheerfully promote high-carbon pro-sports, such as the NFL and NASCAR?

● The background behind the big “Climategate” scandal of 2009, and where it stands today.

● How James discovered both American politics and joined the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

And much more. Click on the above interview to listen. A transcript, MP3 files, and many more podcasts can be found at:

http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/category/podcasts/

Brahman Beef Information Nucleus (Episode 13)

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Description given on Youtube:
The Australian Brahman Breeders Association is at the forefront of supporting research into gene marker technology through its involvement in the five-year .6 million Beef Information Nucleus project.

Weather vs. Climate: Crash Course Kids #28.1

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So we have Weather and Climate… but are they the same thing? No, no they are not. But they are both super important to how the geosphere is shaped. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats with us about the differences between Weather and Climate.

Watch More Crash Course Kids: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

///Standards Used in This Video///
5-ESS2-1. Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. [Clarification Statement: Examples could include the influence of the ocean on ecosystems, landform shape, and climate; the influence of the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate; and the influence of mountain ranges on winds and clouds in the atmosphere. The geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere are each a system.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to the interactions of two systems at a time.]

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