Crop Loss

Crop loss can be caused by many factors: soil, climate & weather events, pests & diseases, site selection, seed quality, and others. Climate change can affect these in many ways: 

• Drought conditions dry soil and make it susceptible to blowing and erosion; it dries out & stresses plants, stunts growth, and reduces food production.

• Heat waves throw off plant's life cycle, stunting growth, or drying/wilting plants past the point of recovery.

• Powerful storms can break stems, flatten crops, cause damaging erosion & topsoil loss, flood & inundate fields, and lead to rot and physical damage of crops.

• Flooding can submerge fields, resulting in complete crop loss or major impacts to livestock production.

• Freshwater scarcity can cause a lack of irrigation resulting in poor crop, no crop and livestock loss.

• Erratic weather can cause frost damage, freezing, or burn plants as well as flatten crops. 

Now that you know a bit more about this climate change-related problem....