Lowest Oat harvest in 150 years cause by drought (2021) (bloomberg.com) 18 points by ClumsyPilot 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] dredmorbius 4y ago ↗ The link to USDA WASDE source data given by Bloomberg does not work:https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/wasde0721.pdfThough the Wayback Machine has a copy:https://web.archive.org/web/20210712160123/https://www.usda.... (PDF) [–] Kon-Peki 4y ago ↗ You can get all of them (monthly since 1973) here (they even have an API):https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/3t945q... [–] dredmorbius 4y ago ↗ Thanks!Though I'd l ike to know where Bloomberg's data to the 19th c. comes from.
[–] Kon-Peki 4y ago ↗ You can get all of them (monthly since 1973) here (they even have an API):https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/3t945q... [–] dredmorbius 4y ago ↗ Thanks!Though I'd l ike to know where Bloomberg's data to the 19th c. comes from.
[–] dredmorbius 4y ago ↗ Thanks!Though I'd l ike to know where Bloomberg's data to the 19th c. comes from.
[–] ParksNet 4y ago ↗ "The dry conditions come after years of falling oats acreage as U.S. grain growers swapped it out for more profitable crops such as corn."40% of US corn goes to Ethanol production. If we're serious about reducing food prices, we need to abandon Ethanol mandate and subsidies.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 25.3 ms ] threadhttps://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/wasde0721.pdf
Though the Wayback Machine has a copy:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210712160123/https://www.usda.... (PDF)
https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/3t945q...
Though I'd l ike to know where Bloomberg's data to the 19th c. comes from.
40% of US corn goes to Ethanol production. If we're serious about reducing food prices, we need to abandon Ethanol mandate and subsidies.