Partner Highlight: NERA
The Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA) represents and promotes the research efforts of regional Land-grant universities and organizations.
NERA and its component Land Grant Universities are key Northeast Climate Hub partners. They significantly contribute to the Hub mission of aiding the region’s farmers and foresters to confidently make climate-informed decisions.
West Texas Mesonate Agro-Climate Monitor
The “Select Precipitation Variable’ dropdown control allows you to plot three variables: An average of the cumulative precipitation for the 5 nearest Mesonet stations calculated for the current year (plotted in white) and for each of the past 10 years.
How Climate Change Impacts Forests in the Mid-Atlantic
The USDA Forest Service has published a new report, Mid-Atlantic Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A report from the Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework Project.
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How Much is Enough?
Vermont Agroforestry Strategy Begins
What do Vermonters who make a living from the land think about agroforestry?
Impacts and Opportunities of Climate Change on Northeast Crops and Livestock: Part 1
The climate in the Northeast U.S. has been changing. Winters have been getting warmer and heavy rainstorms are becoming much more common. See what these changes mean to agriculture in the Northeast.
Many farmers are feeling that seasons have shifted, and weather station data shows this to be true. The latest climate models suggest that these changes are likely to continue. But there are many actions farmers and forest landowners in the Northeast can take to lessen the impact – or even take advantage of - these climate trends.