#crops — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #crops, aggregated by home.social.
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🪲🌳 Dr. Adrian Smith examines how the imported #tree of heaven supports the spread of spotted #lanternflies and ailanthus #webworms across the #US.
High-speed #video captures both #insects jumping into #flight, while researchers test traps to protect #crops from lanternfly damage.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/invasive-species-video-lanternflies-tree-of-heaven
#animals #biology #caterpillars #ecosystem #entomology #flying #insects #invasivespecies #moth #nature #patterns #plants #science #silk #slowmotion #timelapse #wings #womeninstem #tksst
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Experimental farmer Shane Simonsen: Working on locally adapted #plants & #crops of the future while we still have a safety net. 🌱🌻
#plantbreeding #seeds #seedsaving #agriculture #local #permaculture #ecology #foodsecurity #food #nutrition
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🪲🌳 Dr. Adrian Smith examines how the imported #tree of heaven supports the spread of spotted #lanternflies and ailanthus #webworms across the #US.
High-speed #video captures both #insects jumping into #flight, while researchers test traps to protect #crops from lanternfly damage.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/invasive-species-video-lanternflies-tree-of-heaven
#animals #biology #caterpillars #ecosystem #entomology #flying #insects #invasivespecies #moth #nature #patterns #plants #science #silk #slowmotion #timelapse #wings #womeninstem #tksst
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https://www.desmog.com/2026/08/13/advisor-to-climate-sceptic-reform-uk-laments-disaster-of-a-harvest/. "A #farming #advisor to #ReformUK - which would expand #oil & #gas #drilling & scrap #netzero targets - has spoken of the 'soul-destroying' #impact of #extreme #weather on his own #crops." Are we supposed to sympathise with Clive Bailye? I certainly don't! He should stop supporting a Party that advocates #policies boosting #fossilfuels & #GHG #emissions!
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Comparing DESIS Hyperspectral and Landsat 10 Simulated Superspectral Data for Crop Type Classification in California’s Central Valley
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18142282 <-- shared paper
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/comparing-desis-hyperspectral-and-landsat-10-simulated-superspectral-data-crop-type <-- shared USGs publication page
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H/T @USGS
“How can we get better at classifying crops from space? 🛰️🌽
Some types of satellite imagery are better at distinguishing crops than others. A USGS study compared two approaches and found one produced more accurate crop maps.
Here's what the researchers found:
• Hyperspectral imagery achieved 86% accuracy, compared to 75% for simulated superspectral imagery.
• Using just 14 carefully selected hyperspectral bands produced nearly the same results as using all 60 DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) bands, showing those wavelengths contain much of the information needed to distinguish crop types.
• Using superspectral imagery on the upcoming Landsat 10 mission will allow for routine tracking of crops and enhance finer crop mapping.
• The findings help scientists identify which wavelengths provide the most useful information for crop mapping and future remote sensing applications.
Better crop maps will help governments and scientists track global agriculture, monitor the current crop season, and study agricultural trends…”
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“HIGHLIGHTS:
• What are the main findings?
- The 14 DESIS hyperspectral narrowbands (10 nm) aligned with the Landsat 10 (formerly Landsat Next) spectral dataset produced similar accuracy results to the full 60-band DESIS hyperspectral dataset for classifying crop types. These 14 DESIS narrowbands resulted in higher accuracy than the 14 simulated Landsat 10 superspectral broadbands.
- When using DESIS narrowbands, Support Vector Machine (SVM) resulted in higher accuracy than Random Forest (RF).
• What are the implications of the main findings?
- A carefully selected set of 14 DESIS hyperspectral narrowbands (10 nm) can achieve classification accuracy comparable to those obtained using all 60 DESIS narrowbands across the 400–1000 nm range. These 14 strategically positioned narrowbands classified crop types with higher classification accuracy than the corresponding 14 Landsat 10 superspectral broadbands within the same spectral range.
- This study underscores the importance of multi-temporal imagery across the full crop-growing season for achieving more detailed and accurate crop type classifications. Such temporal coverage is more feasible with the planned Landsat 10 routine acquisition of broadband imagery than with task-based hyperspectral collections…”
#hyperspectral #superspectral #optimalbands #randomforest #supportvectormachine #agriculture #crops #croptype #classifaction #croplands #California #CentralValley #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #imagery #DESIS #Landsat #Landsat10 #satellite #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #AI #machinelearning #model #modeling #SupportVectorMachine #SVM #RandomForest #RF #GoogleEarthEngine
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💁🏻♀️ NEW: 🪲🌳 Dr. Adrian Smith examines how the imported #tree of heaven supports the spread of spotted #lanternflies and ailanthus #webworms across the #US.
High-speed #video captures both #insects jumping into #flight, while researchers test traps to protect #crops from lanternfly damage.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/invasive-species-video-lanternflies-tree-of-heaven
#animals #biology #caterpillars #ecosystem #entomology #flying #insects #invasivespecies #moth #nature #patterns #plants #science #silk #slowmotion #timelapse #wings #womeninstem #tksst
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A status on land use change worldwide:
"The area used for growing crops grew significantly from 2001 to 2024. Temporary crops (such as wheat, rice and maize) increased by 104 million ha, or 11 percent, reaching 1 081 million ha. Permanent crops (such as cocoa, oil palm and coffee) grew by 59 million ha, reaching 194 million ha in 2024, an increase of over 43 percent."
The leaders in cropland expansion were in Africa (+78 million ha) and South America (+35 million ha).
The leaders in cropland contraction were in Northern America (−26 million ha).https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/fbfbe167-5026-4aa1-b985-2468507d5dc1
#FAO #foodSovereignty #agriculture #crops #land #landUse #LULUCF #trade #internationalTrade #cashCrops #exports
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Illinois agriculture department marks Community Garden Day https://www.allforgardening.com/1925813/illinois-agriculture-department-marks-community-garden-day/ #CommunityGardenDay #CommunityMember #CommunityMembers #Crops #DepartmentOfAgriculture #FruitsAndVeggies #GardeningIllinois #gardens #Illinois #springfield #StateFairgrounds
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‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/31/speed-of-climate-crisis-devastating-crops-say-farmers
‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/01/uk-importing-vegetabless-drough-heat-hit-british-crops-price-rises
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/britain-food-shortages-drought-continues-farmers
#Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #farming #agriculture #crops #food #heat #drought #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
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"We are exposed to major risks for people, and even for animals, and for plants, trees. Plants are no longer able to photosynthesise properly; so they enter a process of dying; which trees may trigger in a few years and plants that bear fruit or vegetables even in a few weeks, a few months."
"These conditions will completely change the landscape, will completely destroy our forests. It is this kind of thing that we are starting to see, and that's why I speak, without hesitation, of a possible climate catastrophe."
"Above all, we need to find nature-based solutions."
Davide Faranda researches the attribution of extreme weather events to climate change. Listen to him in French: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/journal-de-18h/journal-de-18h-emission-du-dimanche-12-juillet-2026-8113492
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Integrating indigenous #microorganisms and cover #crops to improve #grapevine nutrition in sustainable
#vineyards. #sustainability #agriculture
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Canada gardeners can still plant fast fall crops in August, even with October snow https://www.allforgardening.com/1918602/canada-gardeners-can-still-plant-fast-fall-crops-in-august-even-with-october-snow-2/ #ashley #Crops #FallHarvest #garden #gardeners #gardening #RootVegetables #SoilScientist
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Super El Niño in full swing weather and crop analysts say #weather #crops #elnino #agriculture #farming #climate #cartoon #gregkearney #kearney
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/05/gene-editing-allergies-beagles. #GM #beagles now? What next - we've already had GM #crops & GM #tomatoes. Just because #science CAN do a thing doesn't mean it SHOULD do it. What is #technologically #feasible doesn't determine what is #ethically & #morally #permissible.
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Tennessee gardener says now is the time to plant these fast-growing crops for a fall harvest https://www.allforgardening.com/1915628/tennessee-gardener-says-now-is-the-time-to-plant-these-fast-growing-crops-for-a-fall-harvest-3/ #Barbara #Crops #FirstFrostDate #garden #gardening #harvest #plant #SummerSquash
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Tennessee gardener says now is the time to plant these fast-growing crops for a fall harvest https://www.allforgardening.com/1915492/tennessee-gardener-says-now-is-the-time-to-plant-these-fast-growing-crops-for-a-fall-harvest-2/ #Barbara #Crops #FirstFrostDate #garden #gardener #gardening #harvest #plant #SummerSquash
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#ClimateChange #Climate #UK #Drought #Britain #Weather #Food #Crops #Farmers #News #Hoax #ClimateHoax #Trump #British #DonaldTrump #SkyNews #ClimateCrisis #Crisis #FoodProduction Maybe Trump should try to convince British farmers about the climate hoax?
"Even farmers I know who were sceptical of climate change are now saying they're really worried about the future of their businesses and production, it's just been completely brutal for our industry…"
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"As bad as this year’s harvest is proving to be, Behrens warned against seeing it as a “new normal”. “Until we get our carbon emissions down things will continue to get much, much worse.”"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/farmers-heatwave-causes-harvests-to-fail-f8f93n538
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Crops quietly fail.
No Climate red line, I see.
On to famine then.#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #heat #crops #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity
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‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/31/speed-of-climate-crisis-devastating-crops-say-farmers #ManMadeClimateChange #ClimateChange #drought #ExtremeHeat #GlobalHeating #food #farming #crops #FoodSecurity #BigOIlKnew
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It’s too fast, too big’: speed of #climate crisis is devastating #crops, say farmers | #Drought and #extremeheat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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“They decided to focus their research in #Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee producer. The scientists from Kew, joined by their #Ethiopian counterparts, spent years driving more than 30,000 miles across the country, often on roads so remote they did not appear on the government’s own maps. They visited as many coffee farms as possible, recording data about the #climate in each area and using it to build models to predict what would happen as temperatures rose. The results shocked them. By the end of the century, the models suggested, large parts of Ethiopia would become unsuitable for growing coffee.”
Todays long read: Aaron Davis. A Kew Gardens botanist, on the hunt for the elusive drought resistant stenophylla coffee plant in Sierra Leone. ☀️ 🫘 ☕️
#Botany / #stenophylla / #SierraLeone / #Drought / #ClimateEmergency / #commodity / #crops / #Arabica #coffee <https://www.economist.com/interactive/1843/2026/07/23/the-maverick-scientist-trying-to-save-coffee-from-extinction> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/E4MnS>
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perhaps heat and drought
will, by magic, not touch me,
just cook my children#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #denial #ClimateDenial #water #h2o #drought #droughts #heat #famine #food #FoodSupply #crops #CropFailure #collapse #extinction
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/22/europe-heatwave-june-farming-lost-revenue-crop-damage. "The #heatwave that swept across #Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s #grain #farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost #revenue & destroyed 9m tonnes of #crops, sparking concern about the impact on the #price of #food." Never mind the price of food in Europe - bad though that might well be for its implications in terms of #poverty - what of the impact of #heatwaves on food #production in #Africa & elsewhere in the #GlobalSouth?
