United States: Climate change: What might agriculture look like in 2100?

Fence Post: Other changes Other changes in agriculture as a result of climate change seen by Otto Doering, a Purdue University agricultural economist and director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center, include: »Seed varieties. To produce high-yielding corps in more challenging weather conditions, farmers might have to choose varieties with better resistance traits and different maturity dates. Planting schedules also might have to be adjusted. »Soil erosion. Much progress has been made on stemming......

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