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Farmers vs. scientists on the debate over climate change
2014-11-16 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Crop producers and scientists hold deeply different views on climate change and its possible causes, a study by Purdue and Iowa State universities shows. Associate professor of natural resource social science Linda Prokopy and fellow researchers surveyed 6,795 people in the agricultural sector in 2011-2012 to determine their beliefs about climate change and whether variation in the climate is triggered by human activities, natural causes or an equal combination of both. More than 90 percent of...
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Farmers, scientists see climate change and causes differently
2014-11-14 19:42:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Purdue University Nearly 6,800 ag professionals, from farmers to scientists, were surveyed about their beliefs regarding climate change, as well as whether it's caused by human activity or nature itself, or a combination of both. Survey results showed that most scientists believed climate change was happening, while about two-thirds of farmers believed it was. read more
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Farmers, scientists see climate change and causes differently
2014-11-14 19:42:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Purdue University Nearly 6,800 ag professionals, from farmers to scientists, were surveyed about their beliefs regarding climate change, as well as whether it's caused by human activity or nature itself, or a combination of both. Survey results showed that most scientists believed climate change was happening, while about two-thirds of farmers believed it was. read more
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Farmers would pay more for water from proposed California tunnel
2014-11-14 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California farmers would pay more to irrigate their crops under a proposal to build tunnels under the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta to funnel water to the state's agricultural breadbasket, officials said on Friday. The analysis released by state Treasurer Bill Lockyer said regional water suppliers and the farmers who purchase water from them would be able to handle the increased costs, even though the price of water could more than double once the price of paying for the project is included....
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Proposed water regulation 'concerning' to farmers
2014-11-14 17:17:27| Agriculture - Topix.net
Thousands of agriculture groups and independent farmers - including many from Champaign and other central Illinois counties - are using a public comment window to express concern over federally proposed water regulation. The Waters of the U.S. rule is a joint proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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