Open AccessClimate Indicators for Agriculture
Author(s) -
Margaret Walsh,
Peter Backlund,
Lawrence Buja,
Arthur T. DeGaetano,
Rachel L. Melnick,
Linda Stalker Prokopy,
Eugene S. Takle,
Dennis Todey,
Louis Ziska
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.32747/2020.7201760.ch
Subject(s) - agriculture , livestock , climate change , agricultural productivity , productivity , production (economics) , environmental science , environmental resource management , precipitation , geography , agricultural economics , ecology , meteorology , forestry , biology , economics , macroeconomics , archaeology
The Climate Indicators for Agriculture report presents 20 indicators of climate change, carefully selected across multiple agricultural production types and food system elements in the United States. Together, they represent an overall view of how climate change is influencing U.S. agriculture and food systems. Individually, they provide useful information to support management decisions for a variety of crop and livestock production systems. The report includes multiple categories of indicators, including physical indicators (e.g., temperature, precipitation), crop and livestock (e.g., animal heat stress), biological indicators (e.g., pests), phenological indicators (e.g. seasonality), and socioeconomic indicators (e.g., total factor productivity).