Posted on 06/10/2012 8:51:11 PM PDT by BlackVeil
A north Queensland agricultural group says the recent cold snap will delay the winter vegetable season by almost two weeks.
Weather bureau figures show maximum temperatures for the region over the past four days have been about eight degrees Celsius below average and there has been significant rain.
Bowen Gulmu Growers Association spokesman Carl Walker says it could have a positive effect on prices.
"A bit of rain, a bit of cold, a bit of wind - they won't grow quite as quick and it will slow down production," he said.
"It is probably a good thing because down south they've had an unseasonably cold start as well so that will affect what the consumers are buying.
"For us getting a cold snap will slow down our production, it will slow down their usage, so hopefully one will counteract the other so the market doesn't crash too much."
Sounds like good news, especially about the rain. My understanding is that during the last ice age much of Australia was grassland instead of the deserts that are there now. And their winter looks like the summer I’m currently experiencing in Alaska.
Too hot?
Must be global warming.
Too cold?
Must be global warming.
Hey, I’m an environmental scientist and the world’s in peril; where’s my hefty government grant at taxpayer expense?
I may have lost the last of our familial heritage tomatoes, it’s been so cold and dreary this year. My aunt may still have some seed (her toms are 3’ tall while mine are stuck at 8”). Her growing season is almost 60 days shorter than mine, but they are having FAR warmer nights, and sunshine, while it does nothing here but go down within 10 degress of freezing at night and remain cloudy!
Global warming my hairy posterior!
This story shoots the shit out of the ecowacko study saying that manmade global warming is hurting the planet.
Can we say that Nature has a way of making climate scientists predictions and study “boomerang” on them?
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