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Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by baroffoos on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:09PM (#21288342)
I doubt its that dire. There are a lot of things currently that can destroy crops but they are mostly prevented from spreading by border controls on things like fruit not being able to cross over.
Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by liability on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:51AM (#21288785)
You're correct. Rice and corn are almost tied as staple crops. Wheat, potatoes and bananas trail those two relatively closely. There may be little genetic diversity inside any particular staple food, but there are nevertheless several unrelated staple foods that feed the world.

If blight were to wipe out one or two, things would get bad but I'm confident we'd pull through as a species.

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Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by baroffoos on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:46AM (#21288762)
There will be no famine as a result of a single type of crop in a local area getting killed. It still takes at least weeks for the virus to spread around to other crops which is plenty of time to become aware of it and stop its spread. There is also nothing preventing imports of healthy foods over the border.

There is also no real incentive to bring bad crops over the border to a safe area.

Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by anigbrowl on Sunday October 20, 2019 @10:42PM (#21308948)
That's an extremely naive attitude. No famine looks that serious until it is already too late.
Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by onion2k on Friday October 18, 2019 @02:40AM (#21289178)
Assuming it's spread naturally of course. If it was a deliberate attack it wouldn't be quite so straightforward.
Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by malka on Sunday October 20, 2019 @09:54AM (#21304164)
Fortunately the subset of People that are chaotic, bad, smart, and organized enought to pull this though is emptt
Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by slimed on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:37AM (#21288723)
I assume you're joking?

USPS operates through rain, sleet, snow, etc, but not famine.