Today's farmers are "the first generation of growers who can't count on historical climate information to help them plan things such as when to plant and what varieties to choose," according to David Walter Wolfe, Cornell professor who was quoted in the NC News and Observer. "They're no longer farming in a static environment," he said in the article. "They can't rely on the calendar to tell them when to plant, they can't rely on the variety of seeds they have always used, and they can't rely on dealing with the same insect pests, because it's all a moving target now."
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