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How has my state's climate changed over the last few decades?In what ways are these changes affecting agricultural operations and production?How can farms adapt to climate change that's already occurring and the changes that are expected in the future?
Content produced by the Midwest Climate Hub
Farming can be a challenging occupation here in the Midwest. Producers, ranchers and their families face many difficulties that can lead to stress: financial problems, marketing uncertainties, production challenges, mental health issues, social pressures and natural disasters (select to see disaster resources).
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The Midwest is a critically important region for the production of specialty crops. In the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture, total annual revenue for some Midwest specialty crops included:
Vegetables – $2.6 billion
Wheat – $2.1 billion
Fruit & Tree Nuts – $1.2 billion
Berries – $445.1 million
Christmas trees – $81.2 million
Barley – $34.5 million
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A report now details the findings from the USDA Northeast Climate Hub's Capacity Discovery project.
Implemented in spring 2015, an online survey led by Pennsylvania State University and Cornell University established the current and future capacity of land-grant universities in the Northeast to address climate change research and extension work in the agriculture, natural resources, and forestry sectors.
Content produced by the Northeast Climate Hub
For the past two years, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension worked alongside the USDA Northeast Climate Hub to host screenings of the documentary film, Delmarva and Ground for Change, across the Northeast.
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Since the rise of computing technology in the late 20th century, researchers and extension teams worldwide have been harnessing its power to create, test, and distribute decision support tools, or (DSTs). A DST is just as it sounds; it is a program that, given the user’s inputs, performs calculations, yields estimates, projects financial values, and other relevant information. The user takes that information and uses it as another piece in the puzzle of business or production management to inform the crucial decisions made during production cycles (Breuer et.
Content produced by the Southwest Climate Hub
Notice: This project page is no longer being updated as of January 2023.
Notice: This project page is no longer being updated as of January 2023.
Content produced by the Northeast Climate Hub
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Content produced by the Northwest Climate Hub
Notice: This project page is no longer being updated as of January 2023.
Content produced by the Northeast Climate Hub