Iowa Farmer Today: Over the next 70 to 100 years, our climate is projected to change dramatically. The sector that is most likely to be affected by these changes is agriculture. A number of studies support this assertion, but relatively few look at the effect of climate change on agriculture from a comprehensive economic perspective, says a University of Illinois economist.
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Illinois recently investigated the effects of climate change on farmland values in the Southwestern...