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Investors may not know the risks climate-related events could have on companies based on public filings, a new report from the Government Accountability Office found.
Increased drought, unsustainable irrigation and changing crop patterns are among the impacts that the agriculture sector will confront as the climate changes, according to a draft federal climate report obtained by The New York Times on Monday.
The weather that led to the below-average conditions could be a preview of future climate conditions, according to a new study from the University of Illinois.
Almost 1,000 pivots have been installed in counties statewide in the past four years as a result of higher crop prices and the demand of seed corn companies, an almost 20 percent increase in overall irrigation that equals the use of more than half a million people each year.
“If I was going to invest in farm ground, if some of these climate scenarios come true, then having irrigation might be something that would pay off in the long-term,” Roadcap said.
Last week, President Donald Trump announced the United States is withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, a global effort to reduce greenhouse emissions to limit global warming to an increase of two degrees Celsius. In December 2015, University of Illinois Crop Sciences Professor Stephen Long addressed the Paris Climate Change Conference to explain the impact of climate change and a growing population on agriculture across the globe. The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting spoke with Dr. Long to discuss what the United States pulling out of the treaty means for agriculture across the Midwest and the globe.
The effects of climate change on agriculture could cost the federal government as much as $4.2 billion more annually in crop insurance subsidies by 2080, a report released Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office found.
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report released in mid-January has found that greenhouse gas emissions associated with producing corn-based ethanol are about 43 percent lower than gasoline.
Keeping up with the confirmation hearings of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominations? The process is likely to be full of controversy — particularly when it comes to Trump’s picks and climate change.
St. Louis-based seed company Monsanto announced last week that it had convened a new collaborative as part of its mission to become carbon neutral by 2021.