Report: climate change could impact Indiana crops

Report: climate change could impact Indiana crops

A new report says projected changes in Indiana’s climate could impact crop conditions, the types of crops that can be planted, and livestock health.

Laura Bowling, a professor at Purdue University and an author of the report, says corn and soybean yields are expected to decline because of increasingly warm conditions over the next several years.

“Up to 16-20 percent yield decline for contemporary corn varieties and somewhat less of a decline projected for soybeans,” she says.

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