Tag: climate change
Pennsylvania climate report shows rising temperatures, more rain
Pennsylvanians can expect a hotter, wetter future, according to the Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment of 2021. The good news? It could mean a longer growing season for farmers. The bad news is more pests, flooding, drought and heat stress.
Managing climate risk is good business and good for the future
How do you factor the unknown damage climate change will have on agriculture into loans? Alan Guebert weighs in the new challenge facing lenders.
USDA needs to find answers to carbon sequestration questions
Farm-directed carbon storage has been a tough sell because of two big unknowns — does it cost or does it pay and is carbon sequestration even possible.
Groups form new climate coalitions
With climate change likely to be a major conversation over the next four years or more, agriculture and forestry groups are looking for a seat at the table through climate coalitions — even if that means working with groups that have traditionally differed on climate policy ideals.
‘One extreme after another’: Climate change forces region’s ag sector to...
Climate change presents challenges for agriculture. Its effects can disrupt food access and increase food prices. And ag also contributes to climate change. As the effects of climate change continue to show in the Midwest and across the world, farmers are adjusting, and farmers' groups are seeking policies that support them.
When it comes to the 2020 weather, devil is in the...
This year has been a relief for many following a rainy 2019, with widespread prevented planting in the Midwest. But though the growing season was close to average overall for precipitation and temperature, Ohio State University atmospheric scientist Aaron Wilson said, the details are important, too. And those details suggest that things aren’t quite as normal as they seem.
Warmer Midwest may push corn and soybean production up north
If warming continues in the Midwest, in 50 years the best conditions for corn and soybean production will be in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Experts advise ‘bounce forward’ on climate change
At the Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association's conference Feb. 13-15, climate change was a major focus. Experts advised farmers to "bounce forward" to deal with added risks brought on by changing climates.
Ag groups form new climate policy, advocacy coalition
Twenty-one agricultural commodity and industry groups have formed a new coalition, Farmers for a Sustainable Future, which they say will focus on unifying the industry’s message on climate policy and advocacy.
Welcome to the fight; get in line
Alan Guebert chastizes the way "Big Ag" has handled climate change.
