Sentences with phrase «weather crops at»

I know a lot of you have probably already moved on to tomatoes and zucchini, but here in Minnesota, we're still getting mostly greens, radishes and other cold weather crops at the market.

Not exact matches

Our food supply is at risk because crops and animals will not be able to thrive in extreme weather conditions.

Cauliflower may be grown, harvested, and sold year - round, but it is by nature a cool weather crop and at its best in fall and winter and into early spring.

We've made this delicious chutney with ripe tomatoes, but if the weather's not been kind and you're left with a crop of green tomatoes at the end of summer, why not use them instead and turn this recipe into a green tomato chutney, instead of letting the fruits go to waste?

At the Rainforest Alliance's trainings, Syamsuddin and the other farmers learned that the synthetic fertilizers they commonly use contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, potentially worsening the weather problems currently challenging their crops.

Wet weather at the start of December affected the quality of the crop in south - eastern Australia, but not as badly as first feared.

When the weather - based model developed at Rothamsted Research was used to predict how climate change may affect the wheat crops, it was predicted that wheat flowering dates will generally be earlier and the incidence of the ear blight disease on the wheat crops will substantially increase.

Professor Fitt continued: «We know that the weather plays a big part in the development of the disease on the wheat crops — the incidence of the disease is determined by temperature and the occurrence of wet weather at the flowering or anthesis of the wheat crops.»

To see whether this increase in crops has influenced the region's unusual weather, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge used computers to model five different 30 - year climate simulations, based on data from 1982 to 2011.

At the same time, CSIRO is also crafting lower - tech programs for farmers in nearby developing countries, which may face severe food shortages due to crop failures and even widespread famine as the weather heats up, water dries up, and population explodes.

U.S. secretary of agriculture Ed Schafer called on participants at the summit to consider the use of biotechnology to grow crops with higher yields that are capable of resisting assaults from inclement weather, disease or pests.

The paper (DOI 10.1038 / ngeo2957), published May 29 in Nature Geoscience, is the first to look at biosphere - atmosphere interactions using purely observational data and could greatly improve weather and climate predictions critical to crop management, food security, water supplies, droughts, and heat waves.

Now a research team led by Sean Cutler, a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside, has found a new drought - protecting chemical that shows high potential for becoming a powerful tool for crop protection in the new world of extreme weather.

While warmer weather extends the growing season, it also changes the growing zones while also allowing for the survival of agricultural pests and weeds that normally can not endure the cold, putting crops more at risk for damage.

Dr Pepijn van Oort, Crop Modeler at AfricaRice, who was deeply involved in building the database said, «The website will provide access to daily weather records owned or distributed by AfricaRice.»

We are at a remarkable juncture where (i) the price of oil and nitrogen - based fertilizers is expected to increase, (ii) the long term availability of phosphorus for fertilizers is in doubt, (iii) the erosion of soil is reducing yields, and (iv) climate change brings extreme weather that impacts crop survival and productivity.

Due to crazy winter weather at the beginning of the year (think back to extreme highs and lows), the peach crops in the Hudson Valley and New England were almost completely wiped out.

The crops were grown on the same or similar soil on adjacent fields at the same time and so experienced the same weather conditions.

A «natural» diet would mean spending at least half the year eating nuts, winter squashes, tubers and the like... Meat is a great winter «crop» because the weather is cool or cold and the meat is preserved by the cold.

An Asos checked sweater, cropped pants and cool shoes give the actress's cold - weather look a little extra personality at the premiere of Stockholm, Pennsylvania.

Find warm - weather work pants in sizes 14 - 32 like the Stretch Sateen Cuffed Crop Pant available online at avenue.com.

Aww thanks beautiful < 3 I am just loving crop tops at the moment also and can't wait for the warmer weather to set in x

In cropped gray hair and mannish pants, Mirren is an androgynous, asexual sorceress whose cold, weathered face recalls that she has acquired her magic the hard way, plugging away at thick books while insisting on her right to study in a man's world.

This topic looks at how wheat is grown in the UK through the year and the different factors, such as weather, and the decisions made by the farmer can have an impact on the success of the harvested crop.

Your kayak must also be in good condition and sturdy enough to withstand extreme weather, which can crop up at any time in the Channel Islands area.

Some experts consider this place was an experimental laboratory, where the Incas planted crops at different levels finding a relationship between the deep of the terrace and the weather conditions at different altitudes in the area.

But as I understand the IPCC claims, the postulated future GH warming is supposed to occur primarily at higher latitudes, rather than in the warmer regions today, so it appears to me that this would present a «win - win» situation: lower heating costs, fewer cold weather deaths, increased high latitide crop yields, etc. while presenting no new problems for the warmer regions.

Only a few months ago researchers warned that climate change could put Ethiopia's harvests at risk and last year scientists warned that extreme weather conditions and high temperatures could threaten 50 % of Brazil's crop.

To see whether this increase in crops has influenced the region's unusual weather, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge used computers to model five different 30 - year climate simulations, based on data from 1982 to 2011.

I moved to Reading University to look at linking weather and climate forecasts with models of crop productivity.

At a time when global warming is projected to produce more extreme weather, the study provides the most comprehensive look yet at the influence of such events on crop area, yields and production around the worlAt a time when global warming is projected to produce more extreme weather, the study provides the most comprehensive look yet at the influence of such events on crop area, yields and production around the worlat the influence of such events on crop area, yields and production around the world.

Extreme weather causes crop production losses, but until now, scientists «did not know exactly how much global production was lost to extreme weather events and how they varied by different regions of the world,» said Navin Ramankutty, a professor of global food security and sustainability at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia, and one of the study authors.

A return to a normal spring weather pattern resulted in a series of freezes that destroyed the cherry crop and at least 90 % of the apple, peach, and juice grape crops.

On the whole, Betts noted, food security would be at risk around the world, not just due to changing crop yields but also because of extreme weather events.

In particular I was intrigued at the very small number of crops grown and that we neded plans to allow for weather related food disasters that should include planning for cooling as well as warming

This guidance document underscores that: poor people are already at risk from climate - related shocks, including crop failures from reduced rainfall, food prices spikes after extreme weather events, and increased incidence of diseases following heat waves and floods.

Historical records (at least in Europe) clearly show that the Middle Ages was unusually warm, with long growing seasons and generally rich harvests (someone apparently forgot to tell Medieval farmers that they should have smaller crops in warmer weather).

Comparing impacts for crop production, extreme weather and sea level rise, for example, at different global temperatures means flipping on their head the way climate projections are traditionally constructed.

«If we go back and look at those couple of 70 - degree days in Boston a couple weeks back, or this record - breaking cold snap that's destroyed a large part of the citrus fruit crop in California, that's weather,» Mann told LiveScience.

• Feed and tend to livestock and ensure that they are kept safe at all times • Use milk machines to milk cows and sheep by ensuring that proper procedures are taken into account • Operate tractors and harvesters and ensure that their maintenance and repair is done on time • Apply pesticides and fertilizers to crops in appropriate quantities and direct the work of farm hands and seasonal help • Design and lay down irrigation networks and use irrigation equipment to ensure that water is provided to every crop layer • Enlist the help of veterinary doctors to ensure that livestock is vaccinated on time and to ensure the overall health and wellbeing of animals • Dig and plant seeds and handle seedlings transplant by keeping in mind weather patterns • Harvest fruits and vegetables and ensure that they are kept safely stored before it is time for them to be marketed