"It is imperative that we reduce greenhouse gas emissions within our own operations and throughout our supply chain to mitigate these risks and build a business that is resilient to climate change. - See more at: http://www.conagrafoodscitizenship.com/g...
Monsanto:
"As a society, we’re just beginning to feel the impacts of climate change."
Cargill
"There will be shifts, certainly, in where crops are produced, which types of crops are produced and what practices are used to manage their production. CO2 also affects weeds, with some of the world’s worst weeds benefitting more than crops. Climate change also affects insect pests, crop diseases and water."
These are some of the big companies in our food production business. The vision of the small family farm growing our food has largely died in the past generation. Farming has always been a shoe-string business and now that weather and water supply is changing so rapidly, more than ever deep pockets are required to remain in the farming business.
That said, people in rural agricultural communities tend to fear increases in the cost of gasoline more than the costs of climate change. It is fearing the devil you can see more than the devil you can't see. Rural communities are more reliant on gasoline than urban communities. There is no train from the country to the grocery store, and no commuter bus can plow the field. Ironically, farming families mostly hope nobody does anything about climate change that is driving them out of business; they have already accepted that the family farm will be closed in the next decade and the land sold or leased to Cargill, or sold to grow houses.
I grew up with sons of farmers, and not one is still working the family farm.
Do you mean farmers or agri-business? There are numerous anecdotal media stories about farmers who do not believe in AGW - but, those are political opinions. Farmers are never happy about too much, too little, too high, or too low of anything.Crops are adapted to specific and fairly rigid environmental conditions. When those conditions change, farmers lose money - either through direct loss of product or through increased costs to meet yields. Although overall yield has increased during the recent past, in many cases that has been achieved despite reductions in individual plant yield. We have been winning some agri-techno battles - but winning battles does not mean you win the war..
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If it rains too much, farmers will complain.
If it rains too little, farmers will complain.
And God forbid, if it rains just the right amount, the crops are not going to be worth squat and farmers will really complain.
As for farmers view of anything like climate change, I would imagine that the results vary based upon how the question is asked.
Global Warming ended in 2012. Mike
Farmers are never happy, it is either too wet or too dry, too hot or too cold, their yield is too small, their yield is big but the price is down.
What percentage of farmers support the AGW point of view?
If you have a source other than your personal bias, that would be good.
If you have articles by farmers that support your point of view, that would be good.
