Latest News From Climate change

Advocates are urging action to support workers outside who are harvesting, packing and transporting fresh produce through a summer of record-breaking temperatures.

Drought pressures plagued the Golden State at the beginning of the year, but an unexpected series of atmospheric rivers this spring that inundated the state with precipitation changed the outlook for water districts.

Western Growers and California Farm Bureau are praising California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to lift regulations, allowing floodwater to recharge aquifers during the ongoing weather crisis across the Golden State.

Growers across the western states are seeking new and novel ways to safeguard their crops and secure a stable water supply for the future.

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and other investors have awarded funds to New Mexico State University to explore potential water conservation from fallowing agricultural land in arid climates.

“We rely on the support of farm bill funding and programs to ensure continued U.S. leadership as the provider of the best seed to the world," said Katy Rainey, Purdue associate professor, at the Senate Ag hearing.

Global fair-trade non-profit has unveiled virtual banana stunt at COP27 to highlight the risks climate change poses on the food system.

Record-breaking drought continues to impact irrigation options for citrus growers in California and Arizona.

Intentional or not, humans have helped shape today’s weather patterns. Now they’re looking at technology to protect their future.

California is using diesel brewed from fats and oils to fuel everything from fire trucks to United Parcel Service Inc. delivery vehicles.

Climate change is expected to reduce the growth and stature of big bluestem, a dominant prairie grass, by up to 60% over the next 75 years. 

A report last week from Mighty Earth, a campaign of the Center for International Policy, took a break from criticizing farmers and ranchers that raise livestock for meat, and instead turned their attention to the meat companies and feed suppliers (ie. crop farmers), asking them to provide “pollution-free” feed.

A new initiative, Prepared for Environmental Change, is the latest project funded through Indiana University’s Grand Challenges Program. IU plans to invest $55 million to develop actionable solutions for Indiana farmers, communities, businesses and individuals.

California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation's leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock.

Conservation agriculture is critical for modern farming. With pressures from climate change and the need for sustainability, smallholder farmers and large corporations are implementing new, environmentally friendly farming practices.

Climate change is usually talked of as a negative, and it often acts accordingly through more weather volatility and more extreme weather events. Even so, climate change can give farmers a helping hand.

New study looks at how climate variability contributes to (or detracts from) worldwide grain output.

Time is not on our side, but something else is.

New data visualizations from NOAA’S National Climate Data Center gives a state-by-state look at how the country warmed (or cooled) as the decades roll by.

Governor Jerry Brown and California Democratic lawmakers enlisted business support of a $7.2 billion plan composed mostly of new bonds for water storage and delivery to drought-stricken cities and farms.

Such crop switching is one sign of a sweeping transformation going on in California--the nation’s biggest agricultural state by value--driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future.

The Agriculture Secretary used a recent speech to update developments in an ongoing program.

A warming climate along with the development of faster-maturing seed varieties is pushing the Corn Belt north of what was imaginable a generation ago.

UC Davis' Frank Mitloehner is clearing the air on the real amount of livestock emissions.

While agriculture’s part in driving the state’s climate change is only 7%, the state’s agricultural industries will be heavily affected by climate changes.