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Grain yields in the US have on average increased every year since 1930. Global warming is a real issue, but to say that farming is currently being effected is
by colek42 7y ago
Grain yields in the US have on average increased every year since 1930. Global warming is a real issue, but to say that farming is currently being effected is not supported by much emperical evidence. https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/yieldtrends.html https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/yieldtren...
- MH15 7y agoFlooding along the midwestern rivers has begun to destroy crop fields. Many attribute these floods to climate change. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-agriculture/us-farmers-face-devastation-following-midwest-floods-idUSKCN1R12J0 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-agriculture/u...
- leereeves 7y agoThe midwest has always experienced flooding. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mississippi_Flood_of_1927 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mississippi_Flood_of_192...
- username444 7y agoGrain yields have increased thanks for pesticides, herbicides, selective breeding and mass agriculture improvements. And the misuse of said herbicides as dessicants (eg. Roundup). I don't know how hardy grain is specifically, but I was remembering the issue with apples in Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/page/why-we-need-address-climate-change https://www.ontario.ca/page/why-we-need-address-climate-chan... March 2012 was so warm, apple trees bloomed early, but then lost 80% of their fruit because of a severe frost two months later 2012 wasn't the only year.