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Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded
The climate crisis continued unabated in 2020, with the joint highest global temperatures on record, alarming heat and record wildfires...
Salinization causes 1,166 euros in damage per hectare of potatoes
Salinisation of the soil results in a loss of 1,166 euros per hectare during the cultivation of potatoes in the...
How vulnerable is the potato crop to climate change?
It is common to think that food crops are going to suffer negative effects due to the increase in global...
2020 equals the heat record of 2014
2020 was, together with 2014, the hottest year since at least 1901, the start of the weather measurements. This is reported...
‘Extreme’ wet weather hampers potato harvesting attempts
Potato harvesting has once again been affected by wet weather, with widespread rainfall in recent weeks hampering grower efforts to...
Canada: From +25 degrees to snow and frost in two weeks
The harvest is ready, it went very smoothly this year. However, the devil was in the tail: During the last days...
How public-funded new sensor network is helping farmers reduce chemical sprays
Data-driven decisions based on weather information are helping East Anglian farms cut the cost and environmental impact of crop spraying...
Northern Red River Valley potato growers get hit with back-to-back harvest losses
The farmers whose crops were left unharvested were waiting for rain to soften the dirt lumps so they wouldn’t bruise...
