|
Support nonprofit, independent environmental journalism.
|
|
 Stories About: ag policy AND agriculture AND climate AND severe weather
| Headline |
Author |
Published |
Section |
Corny weather
FT: Midwest rains threaten U.S. corn crop |
Tom Philpott |
07 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Remember in February, when a fertilizer magnate raised the specter of widespread famine if any of the globe's big farming regions hit a rough patch this year? Here's what he said: If you had any major upset where you didn't have a crop in a major growing agricultural region this year, I believe you'd see famine. ... We keep going to the cupboard without replacing and so there is enormous pressure on agriculture to have a record crop every year. We need to have a recor ... |
|
| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, climate, severe weather (all these topics) |
|
|
|
|
©2008. Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor®.