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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June 1, 2020 at 4:23am
So even a relatively strong-say, 15%-recovery in US farm prices brings most back to barely profitable, pre-coronavirus levels. In last 3 yrs, total US farm program cost (Farm Bill+Trump Bucks) is ~$100B w/ no market impact. This is what an ag policy collapse looks like. https://t.co/oYqUfbPouv
So even a relatively strong-say, 15%-recovery in US farm prices brings most back to barely profitable, pre-coronavirus levels. In last 3 yrs, total US farm program cost (Farm Bill+Trump Bucks) is ~$100B w/ no market impact. This is what an ag policy collapse looks like. https://t.co/oYqUfbPouv
May 26, 2020 at 2:52am
Powerful, straight-up truth from one of the best. Please read. https://t.co/2PgvNr74Su
Powerful, straight-up truth from one of the best. Please read. https://t.co/2PgvNr74Su
May 17, 2020 at 9:39am
Why would a public Land Grant tweet a discredited WH report by an in-the-tank reporter to wrongly undermine already weak US/China ag trade deal WH once loved? Pro tip @FarmPolicy, you do policy & let the politicians do the politics. https://t.co/E2wpOp8bZx
Why would a public Land Grant tweet a discredited WH report by an in-the-tank reporter to wrongly undermine already weak US/China ag trade deal WH once loved? Pro tip @FarmPolicy, you do policy & let the politicians do the politics. https://t.co/E2wpOp8bZx
May 17, 2020 at 4:20am
Solid reporting that could be introductory chapter of Congress’s Covid Commission report 5 years from now. Fact-filled, devastating timeline of US incompetence & hubris that promises even more failure & death this summer. https://t.co/M3d7GnpIRQ
Solid reporting that could be introductory chapter of Congress’s Covid Commission report 5 years from now. Fact-filled, devastating timeline of US incompetence & hubris that promises even more failure & death this summer. https://t.co/M3d7GnpIRQ
May 15, 2020 at 9:56am
Much here to praise @TimothyAWise @IATP. White House *food czar* is stretch but USDA reorg that emphasizes farms and food equally must be priority before rewrite of today’s failing, costly Farm Bill. https://t.co/jIvhsOIKWr
Much here to praise @TimothyAWise @IATP. White House *food czar* is stretch but USDA reorg that emphasizes farms and food equally must be priority before rewrite of today’s failing, costly Farm Bill. https://t.co/jIvhsOIKWr
May 15, 2020 at 3:06am
Great piece with good info and solid ideas. Well done Civil Eats. https://t.co/c8V59Es7qu
Great piece with good info and solid ideas. Well done Civil Eats. https://t.co/c8V59Es7qu