Chris Anderson: Growers grid for arrival of soybean rust

[Tweed]

http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/020205/bus_20050202008.shtml

"In the race to prepare for a possible invasion of soybean rust this spring, growers are learning to identify the disease, review crop insurance coverage and follow a set of steps to get suspect leaves analyzed.....

Consumers should have enjoyed cheaper grocery bills through the holidays. According to a national supermarket survey by the American Farm Bureau Foundation, food prices dropped 4 percent during the last three months of 2004.

The cost of 16 basic grocery items totaled $38.87 compared to $40.38 during the third quarter. However, fourth-quarter grocery costs were $1.44 higher than the same period in 2003.

Bacon costs declined 41 cents per pound during the final quarter followed by a 31-cent per-pound decrease for russet potatoes. The price for a gallon of whole milk dropped 25 cents to $2.98; cheddar cheese, down 18 cents per pound; and a dozen eggs and a pound of apples, down 18 cents."

This is a great general article about soybean rust pervention and it goes into some detail about droplet sizes, but I thought the grocery part was quite interesting.

[CrispyQ]

1. Great. There goes the price of Silk & tofu.

We pay $3.59 per half gallon of Silk & $3.49 for 12 ounces of baked tofu in Boulder. Also, does anyone know if using fungicides cancels their organic standing?

We really are fucking up the entire planet, aren't we.

"Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money." ~~Cree proverb