Survey details impact of 2016 drought on New York farming
Friday, April 7, 2017 - 06:01
in Earth & Climate
A survey of more than 200 New York farmers late last summer – during the worst drought in two generations – found that more than 70 percent of unirrigated, rain-fed field crops and pasture acreage had losses between 30 and 90 percent, according to a new report published by the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions.