Remember those scorching summer heat waves? Grocery shoppers may soon feel their impact at checkout.
Record-setting heat and extreme weather battered farms across the United States this year, damaging critical crops, stressing livestock and squeezing financially stretched farmers.
Blistering July temperatures in the Western United States killed thousands of cattle. Torrential rain, high winds and unexpected tornadoes in August flattened Midwestern cornfields. And hurricane winds decimated coffee farms in Hawaii.
Scientists say climate change is increasing the intensity of extreme weather events, while this year’s developing El Niño pattern…
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