Extreme Weather Impacts from the Northeast Hub Region
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Soil Moisture Sensors: A Tool for Smart Irrigation Management Decisions
In 2019, the USDA Northeast Climate Hub provided support to an existing University of New Hampshire project helping growers to better manage their irrigation needs by monitoring soil moisture.
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Growing Day-Neutral Strawberries in New Hampshire
“Growing Day-Neutral Strawberries in New Hampshire” is a guide summarizing experiences with eight, day-neutral strawberry varieties tested at the University of New Hampshire. Data from trials serve…
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Farming the Floodplain: Trade-offs and Opportunities
Climate change will alter rainfall patterns in New England in the coming decades. Storms will likely become more intense, increasing the frequency of flooding. Many Farms in this area tend to be…
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Northeast Specialty Crop Water Symposium
A two-day event geared towards all things agriculture and water-use efficiency.
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UMaine’s Highmoor Farm
Maine is a state known for its long, cold winters and short growing season, but changes in climate are disrupting this norm. Many growers across the state have already started to experience the trend…
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Sugar Maple Regeneration: Citizen Science
Sugar maple trees may be struggling to regenerate in a changing climate. Research at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest shows sugar maple seedlings failing to thrive. Warming temperatures appear to be…
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The Climate Adaptation Fellowship Curriculum Released
The Climate Adaptation Fellowship is a curriculum designed to give farmers, foresters, and advisors the information they need to adapt to climate change, bring climate change into their outreach…
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New Opportunities for Summer Cover Crops
Summer cover crops traditionally have not been used in Rhode Island because of the short summer fallow period. However, a changing climate is creating new opportunities for summer cover crops as…
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Sustainable Dairy Cropping at Penn State
Penn State University researchers are studying cropping systems that can make dairy farming more sustainable in the face of a changing climate.
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Extreme and Persistent Rains and Flooding in the Midwest - Can it happen across the Northeast?
It is too early to say if climate change is modifying the frequency of circulation patterns associated with extreme flooding. However, chapter 9 the U.S. Climate Science Special Report finds high…
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Storms and Stream Crossings
Stream-crossings have a lower risk of failure if designed appropriately for the stream, and with consideration of current and future regional climate conditions. Careful evaluation of structure size…
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Yale-Myers Forest Orchard
A small-scale agroforestry system addresses pests, weeds, drought, and erosion in a diverse orchard.