Research & Data
Climate change is expected to make agricultural production more uncertain leaving producers and land managers to adapt to new and changing weather patterns and markets. Regionally significant research and data improve knowledge of the effects of climate change and provide sustainable solutions for producers and land managers.
Regional data and research are used to create decision-support resources (i.e. informational products and tools created to help producers adapt to the effects of a changing climate). These decision-making resources are built on research and data such as climate modeling and analysis, climate trends and variations, greenhouse gas monitoring, climate data scenarios, and historical climate data and research.
These decision-support resources assist producers, enabling them to establish economic opportunities, proactively manage risks, reduce impacts and costs over time, and sustain agricultural yields in a changing climate.
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Blueberries, Pollinators, and Pests with WVU
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Sustainable Dairy Cropping at Penn State
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Shifts in Growing Degree Days, Plant Hardiness Zones and Heat Zones
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Northern Plains Contributions: Vulnerability Assessment of US Agriculture and Forests developed by the USDA Climate Hubs
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Specialty Crops and Climatic Variability
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2019 National Adaptation Forum Symposium: North Central Midwest Regional Climate Collaboration
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Climate Change Impacts on Japanese Beetle
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Climate Change Impacts on Palmer Amaranth
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Climate Change Impacts on Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
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