Author: Ed Iglehart

It's far from certain it will get that much warmer uniformly, or that
more crops will grow better. The advice to local farmers was that the
autumn (planting time not currently safe due to wet) will be longer
before the winter rains begins and severely limit access to the land -
equipment bogs down and seriously disturbs the soil structure. Winter
wet seems likely to extend further into the Spring, so early cultivation
and planting is curtailed.

I have to admit my observations locally are different, extending some 35
years (in arrears). I have noticed more frequent earlier ends to rain,
sometimes with no significant rainfall between February and late April
or even early May.

The advisors also indicated a frequent very dry period between July and
August, at times so severe as to dessicate the roots of many
shallow-rooted crops. I have observed this quite often, notably 75 and
76, but on several more summers and more frequently of late.

It's not simple, and full of uncertainty, and many large adjustments
will be needed. A certain amount of Anthropogenic (human-caused)
climate disruption is already bought in an irrevocable contract for
which our payment received was the 'benefits' of the industrial
revolution, which has nearly destroyed the work of the Neolithic
(Agrarian) revolution.  read more »