Quebec farms that adapt to climate change could see benefits, report suggests

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The report finds that the farming of various crops could benefit from climate change in the form of a longer growing season.

research group, is 127 pages long and described as the “state of knowledge” about the impacts of climate change in the province.

On the other hand, certain other crops — canola, barley and wheat — that are better suited to cooler climates could suffer from warmer temperatures. Climate change’s evident disadvantages have already been seen in the yields of certain crops. Crops of potatoes and hay were below average between 2017-18 in the Bas-St-Laurent region because of lengthy droughts.

 

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Imagine. Human's adapting to changes in the climate. Looks like we will survive after all. Who knew? Obama did. He built his home on the sand.

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