Farmers Almanac has been heavily relying on astrological formulas and lunar cycles to predict long-range weather patterns since it was first published in the late eighteenth…

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Farmers Almanac has been heavily relying on astrological formulas and lunar cycles to predict long-range weather patterns since it was first published in the late eighteenth century, and it still boasts an insanely loyal readership today. Despite modern meteorologists having access to billion-dollar satellite networks, supercomputers, and sophisticated atmospheric models, a significant portion of the agricultural community still prefers to plan their harvest around a proprietary secret formula based on where the planets are hanging out. It is hilariously depressing to realize that no matter how much advanced scientific technology we develop to understand our climate, a little yellow book that treats the moon like a magical weather dial is still treated with more reverence by a guy growing corn in Iowa than the actual National Weather Service