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@KFvMalssen @sleepy62 I’m just imagining a situation when drought is so severe that growing is impossible, or at least no longer profitable and/or subsidized.In western Canada at least, gov’t funded crop insurance gives farmers money when drought causes failure. We’re subsidizing (in Canada) not solving a problem. So many current practices work against doing both ag & solar. Will the issue become so extreme that rural agriculture is just abandoned for power generation?

@ai6yr I want to point out that librarians have been warning us about this for weeks: ibrarians ... advice is literally "start gardening now, a global food shortage is inevitably coming"https://zeroes.ca/@datum/116394327647613299

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price.https://wheelfront.com/this-alberta-startup-sells-no-tech-tractors-for-half-price/"Four hundred inquiries from American farmers poured in after a single interview. Not for a John Deere. Not for a Case IH. For a tractor built in Alberta with a remanufactured 1990s diesel engine and zero electronics."#UrsaAg #JohnDeere #tractors #farming #agriculture #foss #alberta #canada #democracy

Colorado farmers scale back crops and fear for survival as drought, tariffs and war take their tollThis year’s record-warm, dry spring is pummeling Colorado farmers amid multiple threats, disrupting the state’s $9 billion agricultural sector and jeopardizing even signature crops such as Pueblo green chiles, Olathe sweet corn and Palisade peaches.Water scarcity, due to exceptionally low mountain snow and soil-drying heat, looms foremost.#Colorado #drought #agriculture #water https://www.themorningsun.com/2026/04/22/colorado-farms-crops-drought-water/

“There’s more bone tools here than I’ve ever seen in any other project I’ve ever worked on.”#Indigenous #FirstNations #MooseJaw #Saskatchewan #agriculture #cultivation #pottery https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/new-archaeological-findings-expand-understanding-first-nations-agricultural

Saskatchewan: Canada's BreadbasketSaskatchewan produces more than half of all wheat grown in Canada, earning its nickname as "Canada's Breadbasket." The province has approximately 40% of Canada's cultivated farmland and is the world's largest exporter of lentils and dried peas. Its agricultural dominance is represented by wheat sheaves on the provincial coat of arms. #Canada #Saskatchewan #Agriculturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Saskatchewan