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Author(s): Marcy Kreiter

Extreme weather taking toll on crops, livestock this season

Source(s): Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute
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Food price inflation may have eased but weather-related threats may send grocery prices soaring in the near future, with everything from the coffee crop in Brazil and olives in Europe to wheat and barley in California suffering from the effects of extreme weather conditions.

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"Some crops must be replaced either with more water efficient crops or even the same crop but a variant with improved water use efficiency. Some fields must go fallow," Fisher said. "Climate change is a battle, but new tools like thermal imagery can equip society to tackle those challenges and secure our global food supply."

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