Farm report: Montana to lose millions to climate change

Billings Gazette: Montana agriculture losses to climate change could total $736 million a year, estimates an economic study prepared for Montana Farmers Union. Warmer temperatures and drier summers are withering the future of Montana spring wheat, a major cash crop for state farmers, according to the report released Wednesday. Over time, those changing conditions will cost the state $372 million on labor earnings due to 12,167 jobs lost to declined production. Range land losses due to dry conditions and changing......

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