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2014-03-22 Europe

Study: Curbing Pesticides Will Slash Wheat Yields

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Cutting pesticides will cut wheat yields.

Cutting wheat yields will lead to starvation. Starvation will lead to reduced population. Reduced population will lead to reduced CO2. Reduced CO2 will lead to reduced global warming.

Ergo, reducing pesticides is a good thing.

/liberal logic

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-03-22 13:40|| 2014-03-22 13:40|| Front Page Top

#2 ..just like old unemployment is the new funemployment (but still 'evil' if a Trunk was in the White House).

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-22 17:11|| 2014-03-22 17:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "Extrapolated for the country as a whole, halving pesticide use could mean a decline in winter wheat production of two to three million tonnes per year, the researchers said. This amounts to a reduction of five to 13 percent of national production of winter wheat, and 15 percent of French wheat exports."

..well, now we have some Goremetrics to track..

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-03-22 21:58|| 2014-03-22 21:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Who could object to a teensy 5-13 percent?

Don't know nothing about the economics of farming, but a lot of business only make few percent of sales. Questions:

Does the reduction put a harvest under the break-even point?

Does it change the calculation as to whether to plant wheat or some other crop?

Posted by SteveS 2014-03-22 22:24|| 2014-03-22 22:24|| Front Page Top

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