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From: T L Comiskey	12/9/2010 5:54:41 PM
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Thursday, December 9, 2010 Farmers could join endangered species list - Extreme weather patterns wreaking havoc on many parts of the world could put the global farmer on the endangered species list says an international agricultural expert. He described the dismal situation of the Russian potato crop and the damage that savage weather can cause on an agricultural commodity. Russia - with the third-highest potato production in the world - has suffered a near-collapse of the industry after losing 60 per cent of its massive harvest. The harvest loss in Russia means the country needs to import 10 million tonnes of potato or three times the total Canadian production. A nine-week drought and temperatures upwards of 35 degrees Celsius this past summer let the crop wither away. Ukraine - considered the breadbasket of Europe - suffered too much rain and extensive late blight in its potato crop. “Some people call it global warming, I call it extreme weather. But it is absolute nonsense for anyone to say it isn’t happening.” Droughts, hurricanes, floods and other natural elements are threatening food crops in many parts of the world and wiping out the livelihoods of many subsistence farmers. “It’s making farming more like a lottery." The fastest-growing risk claims in the insurance industry are not fires anymore, but flooding and extreme weather events.

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