August 2016: Jennifer Phillips of Gansvoort Farm in Germantown, NY explains how variable weather and extreme weather events affect sheep farming. Gansvoort Farm is located in the Hudson Valley and specializes in 100% grass-fed lamb production.
Adaption Strategy: Multiple Adaptation Strategies
Preparing smallholder farm families to adapt to climate change
Preparing smallholder farm families to adapt to climate change is a series of five pocket guides: (1) Extension Read more »
PAOneStop Farm Mapping and Conservation Planning System
PAOneStop currently offers a Nutrient Management Mapping Module, a tool allowing users to generate high quality maps that are required for completion of Nutrient Balance Sheets and Nutrient Management Plans.
USDA Climate Hubs
The USDA Regional Climate Change Hubs deliver information to farmers, ranchers and forest land owners to help them adapt Read more »
Managing Cover Crops Profitably Manual
The Managing Cover Crops Profitably book was developed by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program of the USDA. Read more »
US Climate Resilience Toolkit
The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit provides scientific tools, information, and expertise to help people manage their climate-related risks and opportunities, Read more »
Network for Environment and Weather Applications (NEWA)
NEWA, http://newa.cornell.edu, gives end users free access to 40 IPM, crop management, and degree day tools driven by weather data Read more »
USDA Report – Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation
The USDA report – Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation, was published in 2011. The Read more »
Climate Smart Farming Opportunities Fact sheet
This one page fact sheet describes the goals of the Climate Smart Farming (CSF) Program at Cornell University and describes Read more »
Apple Growers
This video highlights how climate change is impacting apple orchards in New York.