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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University of Maryland Ornamental Irrigation Research
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Managing Dairy Heat Stress in the Northeast’s Changing Climate
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Environmental Knowledge and Perceptions of the Urban DC Population
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Northeast Specialty Crop Water Symposium
A two-day event geared towards all things agriculture and water-use efficiency.
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Midwest U.S. Climate Resiliency Toolkit
Increasing humidity and precipitation and rising extreme temperatures are having negative impacts across the Midwest.…
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No-Till: From Science to Practice
No-till is not a new concept — in fact, it has been a management practice for several decades, but perhaps gained the…
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UMaine’s Highmoor Farm
Maine is a state known for its long, cold winters and short growing season, but changes in climate are disrupting this…
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Synthesis of Grazing and Water Management Strategies in the Great Basin
To address water limitations, ranchers have developed innovative grazing and water management strategies.
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New Opportunities for Summer Cover Crops
Summer cover crops traditionally have not been used in Rhode Island because of the short summer fallow period. However…