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Weather: Prospects & Policy
Elwynn TaylorAgronomist Climatologist
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When Agriculture Failsthe
Culture Dies
• Without Agriculture we would have no culture at all.
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I was NOT born in Iowa
• But I got here as quickly as I could.
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I was NOT born in Iowa
• But I got here as quickly as I could.
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I was NOT born in Iowa
• But I got here as quickly as I could.• I came by way of Alabama– I have lived in the 2 places where the World’s
Greatest Agronomist lived: Alabama & Iowa.– Some remember him for the Sweet Potato, some
for Pea Nuts, some for single-handedly saving the agricultural economy of the Southern USA.
– But I remember…
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George Washington Carver
• “Every man owes it to himself to leave the soil better than he found it.”
• “The measure of success is, simply, service.”
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• Whatley spent $1M+ to improve the Carver Sweet Potato.
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Small Farm, Big Return
• Urban youth must see a farm, pick collards…• 5 Acres with hard-top to the city, living standard of
school teachers. Booker T. Whatley
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• The 25 acre farm, every acre returning
$3,000.00– Year-round, daily cash flow.– Pick-your-own.– 1000 member club at $25/year– Hard-surface road to 50,000 pop city within 40 mi.– Grow what sells– Weatherproof (irrigation, shelter, information)– Insurance ( Farm Bureau $1M liability)
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Urban Ag Academy
• The most important resource to the Urban community is the supporting foundation of Ag
• The most important resource to the Ag community is the Urban vote
• Education is essential to understanding
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Weather• The Vicious Cycle --- breaking it will take us ALL
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The VICIOUS CYCLE
Population
Agriculture
Climate
Who will BREAK the CYCLE ?
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• Feb 8th special session of congress
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50th Anniversary Year• Conservation (better insulation, etc.) helped• Renewable Fuel can be the answer
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A Horse, A Wagon, 1/3 acre, 6 hens & 1 Rooster
It took more land to produce fuel for my “hay burner” than to grow food for us .
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stable period 2 stable period 3 stable period 4
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Drought
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El Niño
El Niño: S CA winter rain, Midwest good crops, MT fire, Gulf Coast few tropical storms.
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