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John Phipps: You’ll Have to See This to Believe What Artificial Intelligence Can Now Do
An artist recently used artificial intelligence to create a painting without a brushstroke or pencil line. What does it mean for agriculture? John Phipps explains why the connection might be closer than you think.
September 21, 2022 09:02 AM
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John Phipps: Are Tariffs Part Of The Problem With Inflation?
Do tariffs fuel inflation? John Phipps’s Customer Support segment explains why economists have struggled to come up with estimates of economic effects due to lingering COVID influence on world business.
August 11, 2022 03:37 PM
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John Phipps: Is the Outrage By Dutch Farmers Now Being Heard by the World Enough to Prevent Policy Changes?
Europe and the Netherlands have been dealing with an increasingly incendiary political situation pitting the country’s farmers against EU government plans to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030.
August 02, 2022 05:15 PM
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John Phipps: Why Can’t the U.S. Figure Out a Way to Move Water From the Great Lakes to the West?
As the Western U.S. faces a megadrought, why can’t the U.S. move water around the country like it’s done with energy? John Phipps explores the physical and political hurdles potential water infrastructure would face.
July 21, 2022 08:48 AM
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John Phipps: It’s Now Less About the Supply of Oil, And More About Refining Capacity in the U.S.
Infuriating price increases are the topic of the day, and but like the 80’s, rising inflation is driven largely by energy and the price of oil. It’s now less about the supply of oil, and more about refining capacity.
July 14, 2022 03:42 PM
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John Phipps: Questionable Environmental Decisions On Nuclear Power Now Creates New Geopolitical Threat
As countries close down operating nuclear power plants, John Phipps says it’s clear the decision to overstate the minuscule risks- and assume greener power sources would be there to replace them -was wildly inaccurate.
June 28, 2022 08:02 AM
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John Phipps: Remarkable Mix of Conditions Have Now Created Rare Opportunity to Lease Equipment
What advantages or disadvantages are there to leasing farm equipment? John Phipps walks through the many pertinent factors to making this decision, including current red-hot used equipment values and interest rates.
June 22, 2022 08:54 AM
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John Phipps: Is There Really a Tick That Can Cause You to Lose Your Appetite for Red Meat?
One big emerging threat is alpha-gal which is short for galactose-alpha – a carbohydrate deposited by the tick that triggers a severe allergic reaction in the digestive system after eating red meat.
June 14, 2022 08:25 AM
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John Phipps: Why a Startling New Trend with Chicken Wings is Worth Watching
Chicken wings have been a hot commodity the past decade, but as the trend changes post-pandemic, red meat producers may want to take note. John Phipps explains why.
June 13, 2022 12:24 PM
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John Phipps: China’s Zero-Covid Policy Isn’t New, It Actually Has a Gruesome Precedent
The zero-Covid strategy by the Chinese government is slowing their economy. In a rare admission, officials have lowered their GDP growth estimate, almost totally based on cities that aren’t working, especially ports.
June 06, 2022 06:53 AM
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