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Grain yields have increased thanks for pesticides, herbicides, selective breeding and mass agriculture improvements. And the misuse of said herbicides as dessic
by username444 7y ago
Grain 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.