A Farm-Level Analysis of Economic and Agronomic Impacts of Gradual Climate Warming

Harry Kaiser, Susan J. Riha, Daniel S. Wilks, David G. Rossiter and Radha Sampath

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1993, vol. 75, issue 2, 387-398

Abstract: The potential economic and agronomic impacts of gradual climate warming are examined at the farm level. Three models of the relevant climatic, agronomic, and economic processes are developed and linked to address climate change impacts and agricultural adaptability. Several climate warming scenarios are analyzed, which vary in severity. The results indicate that grain farmers in southern Minnesota can effectively adapt to a gradually changing climate (warmer and either wetter or drier) by adopting later maturing cultivars, changing crop mix, and altering the timing of field operations to take advantage of a longer growing season resulting from climate warming.

Date: 1993
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