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Irish Cereal Harvest is Forecast to be the Worst in 24 Years

posted by martyb on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-make-soda-bread-using-potatoes? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

TheJournal.ie reports:

Because of poor weather most spring crops were planted between 6 and 8 weeks later than normal.

Farmers were banking on a perfect growing season for these crops to achieve a normal yield, however the drought set in shortly after planting and many crops have received almost no rain since they were placed in the ground.

Total cereal production is set to drop by 27% while, with production set to fall by a staggering 58%, the worst performing crop is forecast to be wheat planted in the spring.

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  • (Score: 0, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:18PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:18PM (#713068)

    on me lucky charms

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:50PM (5 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:50PM (#713081) Journal

    Honeycomb's big. Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's not small. No, no, no!.

    Twinkies don't go bad for at least one quarter of a galactic rotation. Grow genetically modified and cross bread cereal. Cross breed cereal with twinkies so that the lucky charms harvest is as good as the twinkie harvest.

    To get a good grant, also explore the possibility of cross breeding cereal with Big Macs, to get harvests as good as the Big Mac harvest.

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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:26PM (4 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:26PM (#713105) Journal

      So, what are you suggesting? Should we break into that seed archive, to get some Honeycomb seed and Twinkie seed for the Irish?

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      • (Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:35PM (3 children)

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:35PM (#713116) Journal

        Okay, here's a solution. Didn't we just recently read an SN story about the US having an over supply of meat?

        While I would support open air outdoor storage of huge piles of that meat next to PETA offices, we could also gift some to the Irish.

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        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:56PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:56PM (#713134) Journal

          This is just too funny. I was told, by an AC, that I need more fiber in my diet. https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=26797&cid=713127 [soylentnews.org] Now, you want to deprive the Irish of their fiber, by shipping them mountains of protein. Funny how stuff just flows along on SN.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:22PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:22PM (#713161)

          The "oversupply" of meat sounds a lot like the "undersupply" of tech workers.

          In older times we called this "price fixing".

        • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:22PM

          by Alfred (4006) on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:22PM (#713162) Journal
          It is illegal to mail "uncooked" meats like beef jerky to Ireland so you may encounter problems at the bulk import level.

  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:25PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Thursday July 26 2018, @03:25PM (#713164) Journal
    See, this is why you have to keep Lucky the Leprechaun away from the lucky charms. When he can get it, he is a hoarder and it hurts the rest of us.

  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:52PM

    by requerdanos (5997) on Thursday July 26 2018, @04:52PM (#713218) Journal

    Frosted Lucky Charms, while arguably Magically Delicious, are, contrary to popular North American belief, not produced by a process of "Irish cereal harvest." This is a false alarm about people and foods in Ireland.

    Speaking of which, Irish Girl Tries Lucky Charms For The First Time [youtube.com].