Agricultural trade across US states can mitigate economic impacts of climate change
E-Mail IMAGE: Sandy Dall'Erba, agricultural economist at University of Illinois, studied how U.S. interstate trade can mitigate the economic effects of climate change on agricultural production. view more Credit: University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Agricultural producers deal firsthand with changing weather conditions, and extreme events such as drought or flooding can impact their productivity and profit. Climate change models project such events will occur more often in the future. But studies of the economic consequences of weather and climate on agriculture typically focus ...
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