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Think food prices are high now? Climate change could significantly cut production of six staple food crops around the world — including wheat production in Canada, a new study finds. Here's what ...
Umair Irfan is a correspondent at Vox writing about climate change, energy policy, and science. He is also a regular ...
Flooding rice fields. Crops such as corn, soybeans and wheat are grown in soils that are not very wet. So farmers water them ...
In a warming world that’s already affecting farming yields, one crop may be better positioned than others. New research ...
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Rising temperatures will significantly reduce global crop yields by 2100, with adaptation measures offering some relief, study finds.
The region's states produce most of the U.S.-grown crop of hard red winter wheat, favored by bakers for bread. But with prices hovering around $5 per bushel, U.S. wheat farmers have reached an ...
Returning year after year (for three to five years), these crops develop root systems three times deeper than annual wheat, accessing water and nutrients unavailable to conventional varieties. This ...
Many years ago, we used to get water just by digging a few feet below the ground, but now, even 300 feet may not be ...
Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts projected for ...
Meanwhile, Canada does have some options and may fare better than other parts of the world. The study looked at data about regional climates; climate impacts on specific crops; access to resources ...