Show Notes
Hosts: Â Jeff Cunningham and Ryan Harris
Guest: No Guest
Description:  The agriculture sector makes up one of the largest market shares supported by the weather and climate industry.  In this Triple Point Podcast episode, Jeff and Ryan briefly trace the historical move to agrarian societies to today’s farming and talk about a range of insights and predictions some companies that are monetizing weather information to optimize agriculture production.  Jeff introduces (and copyrights) the term “weather arbitrage,” and we also take time to discuss how climate change may impact agriculture in the future.  Finally, we introduce our first student spotlight, Michael Plummer from Penn State University. LISTEN HERE
References:
- Floods devastate Pakistan, including farmland and 1,280 dead (CNN)
- Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year? (Nature)
- La Nina signals wheat worries in midwest (Farm Futures)
- Daily three big things in Agriculture (Successful Farming)
- Weekly crop progress report (USDA)
- Weather futures trading for agriculture, energy, and more (CME)
- Agricultural and food security impacts from the 2010 Russia flash drought (Weather and Climate Extremes)
- Salt in oceans may be next big predictor of rain for crops (Bloomberg)
- Combined Earth Observation, Weather Analytics, and AI for Ag (Geospatial World)
- The transition from hunter-gatherer to farming (Discover Magazine)
- Amid massive shortage, Canada taps strategic reserves of maple syrup (WAPO)
- Florida Climate Institute
- Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Florida’s Agriculture (Florida's Climate: Changes, Variations, & Impacts, chapter 8)
- Oak Leaves Contain Potential Cure for Citrus Greening Disease, Researchers Say - UF Innovate
Tracing the move to agrarian societies to today's farming
(0:04:58)
Climate changes on agriculture and Pakistan's historic flooding
(0:09:23)
Monetizing agriculture forecasting
(0:17:23)
The weather arbitrage (copyrighted)
(0:20:40)
Is climate change good or bad for agriculture and food security?
(0:26:41)
Other weather and climate technologies supporting agriculture
(0:40:33)
Student Spotlight (Michael Plummer)
(0:45:15)
Member discussion: