date:May 08, 2014
jected increase in high temperature extremes and heat waves will negatively affect livestock and concentrated animal feeding operations across the southern Plains, the report continued. Shortened dormancy periods for winter wheat will diminish an important source of feed for the livestock industry. Climate change may thus result in a northward shift of crop and livestock production in the region. In areas projected to be hotter and drier in the future, maintaining agriculture on marginal lands m