Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
Technology
Big Ag and Big Data
Posted on December 1, 2013
Everyday, according to the coconut milk-drinking nerds in Silicon Valley, the world generates 2.5 quintillion bytes of electronic data.
Yes, 2.5 quintillion. Think two, comma, five and then 17 zeroes.
If a picture helps, picture this: If you placed that data on iPads equipped with a 32-gigabyte memory, you would need 57.5 billion iPads to hold it.
Then […]
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August 22, 2019 at 2:02pm
Now WH hopes to convince farmers all’s well: rescind handful of blender waivers, let E-15 flow thru E-10 pumps... In short, give farmers ethanol-not exports, food safety, a functioning USDA, TPP-and you’ll get 75% of their vote. True that. https://t.co/obDEih3GPc
Now WH hopes to convince farmers all’s well: rescind handful of blender waivers, let E-15 flow thru E-10 pumps... In short, give farmers ethanol-not exports, food safety, a functioning USDA, TPP-and you’ll get 75% of their vote. True that. https://t.co/obDEih3GPc
August 13, 2019 at 3:58am
US farmer and ranchers, look out, another promised trade deal. And all after a promised China deal, a promised Japan deal, a promised EU deal, & a promised NAFTA 2.0 deal. This one will never happen. Promise. https://t.co/bzNMsut4o6
US farmer and ranchers, look out, another promised trade deal. And all after a promised China deal, a promised Japan deal, a promised EU deal, & a promised NAFTA 2.0 deal. This one will never happen. Promise. https://t.co/bzNMsut4o6
August 10, 2019 at 5:39pm
Gotta say (respectfully) why bother? The fight is in DC and Beijing, so what’s he doing on east side of Des Moines wasting your time & our dollar. Besides, he doesn’t represent policy change. If you policy change, change the policy makers. https://t.co/13wlkPwX3Y
Gotta say (respectfully) why bother? The fight is in DC and Beijing, so what’s he doing on east side of Des Moines wasting your time & our dollar. Besides, he doesn’t represent policy change. If you policy change, change the policy makers. https://t.co/13wlkPwX3Y
August 5, 2019 at 3:39am
The entire US trade policy in one sentence: *First markets sell off, then Trump wakes up and this all gets far, far worse.* https://t.co/KnMRmAJBmn
The entire US trade policy in one sentence: *First markets sell off, then Trump wakes up and this all gets far, far worse.* https://t.co/KnMRmAJBmn
August 1, 2019 at 10:49am
At what point in pointless WH tariff game do US farmers and Congress stand up to shout *Enough!*? Everyone (but Prez) knows tariffs are fool’s game. But $28B in mitigation payments buys a lot of silence, more tariffs & not much future. Fool’s game indeed.
At what point in pointless WH tariff game do US farmers and Congress stand up to shout *Enough!*? Everyone (but Prez) knows tariffs are fool’s game. But $28B in mitigation payments buys a lot of silence, more tariffs & not much future. Fool’s game indeed.