Willing to Take the Plunge into Farming Technology Adoption
A veteran observer links past shifts from horses to tractors and from fallow fields to continuous croping with the current pace of tech uptake. He cites Farm Credit Canada data showing 2.5 percent as innovators and 13.5 percent early adopters, with 16 percent lagging, and cautions farmers to weigh benefits against hype.
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Tracy Greier
Farm Credit Canada
Canava
Canada
Carrington Event Revisited A Solar Flare’s Global Echoes
A reflective piece recounts the 1859 Carrington solar storm and its dramatic effects on telegraphs and daylight, then imagines a modern repeat. It warns that today’s civilization would face widespread outages and a digital dark age if a similar flare struck.
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Ottawa
Richard Carrington
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