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Climate change is already posing new challenges, such as increased risk of flooding, summer heat stress, and more intense pest and weed pressures. This fact sheet details challenges and adaptation solutions on farms to the major effects of climate change.

Current drought conditions and summaries for anywhere in the U.S.

A short guide to climate change, Climate Smart Farming, and potential climate adaptations along with worksheets to aid in assessment, selection, and implementation of strategies. By using this workbook, producers can expect to have a better understanding of vulnerable areas to climate change and strategies to mitigate those risks on their farm.

We propose a method to improve surveys to define adoption in agriculture as a dynamic process. Our approach represents adoption as a flow of adopters moving through stages. We show how innovation diffusion is the result of individual adoption journeys converging into common pathways. Our approach provides a highly informative way to unpack the diversity of dynamic adoption. Our approach can assist agricultural researchers and extension agents to predict future adoption.

Slides from a New York focused presentation on managing flood risk for farmers, including the mechanics and effects of flood damage as well as funding and mitigation resources.

A peer reviewed research paper from 2015 on changes in crop species diversity by US region between 1978-2012.

A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) template for a farm's climate change resilience. Also includes tabs on assessing strategies, from financial to production to labor, and a resilience action plan template.

This is a living document listing resources to support climate resilience on farms, this list includes: 1) Links to lists maintained by other organizations/agencies. These may be more frequently updated and can be a great place to start. 2) Grant and loan opportunities from public, private, and nonprofit sources. 3) Other resources that may be helpful for farmers and agricultural advisors seeking funding.

Bar and pie-graphs representing GHG emissions by state, broken down by sector.

Regional and state-specific resources for climate adaptation and mitigation, from funding resources to production, infrastructure, nutrient management, efficiency, alternative energy, and much more.

A weekly updated resource list for agricultural producers of all sizes and scales, with a focus on New England resources (including National Resources to supplement): Please use the following as a starting point for navigating changes with federal funding and programming. Also includes disaster assistance, immigrant legal rights, mediation support, advocacy and education, financial resources, farmland access, and urban an small farm information.

The Climate Explorer provides interactive graphs and maps showing past and projected climate conditions for counties and county-equivalents across the United States. Built to support the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, the tool helps people explore projected future climate conditions that may put people, property, and other assets at risk.

This calculator aids farmers with decision support regarding cover crop residue persistence, as well as the amount and timing of nitrogen availability.

Historically, annual precipitation has been sufficient to meet vegetable crop water needs in the Northeastern United States throughout the growing season. For growers who do irrigate, there has been little concern about having sufficient ground or surface water for field or hoop house crops. In recent years, however, precipitation patterns in the Northeast have changed and climate models forecast that they will continue to do so. These changes translate into challenges for Northeast specialty crop growers that are distinct from those faced by growers in other regions. Specifically, specialty crop producers in this region must be prepared to deal with too much water and too little water, sometimes in the same growing season.

Northeast Climate Hub partners have published two new studies exploring how a changing climate is affecting regional crops and livestock. Hear the lead authors of these studies highlight species or production systems that might be particularly vulnerable to changing conditions. They also include practical actions one can take to reduce the harmful aspects of some of these changes. This is Part 1: Challenges and Opportunities for NE Crop Production in a Changing Climate (presenter: David Wolfe)

Participate to understand current research, available technologies, future possibilities, and the benefits and costs of small-scale manure digesters. Learn about REAP program eligibility, application deadlines, program grant and loan opportunities and how existing digesters used REAP as part of their funding package.

Participate to understand collaborative modeling approaches that are available to assess the impacts of climate change on critical source areas (CSAs) of watershed nutrient pollution (e.g., N,P,TSS), how best management practices (BMPs) will perform under alternative climate trends, and possible extension approaches to improve BMP adoption.

The emphasis of this webinar will be placed on dairy, beef, small ruminants, and horses and the impacts that extreme heat, cold snaps, weather shifts, droughts, and excessive rain will have on the animal’s health and diet.

This talk will present a literature review and research on how characteristics of precipitation and drought have been changing in the Northeast United States. The webinar presenters will discuss previous and new research on changes in the last several decades in precipitation and drought in the Northeast, including snowfall and the number of days with snow on the ground. The purpose of this is to observe what changes may already be happening related to anthropogenic global warming, as changes in snow, rain, and drought in this region may have far reaching effects moving forward.

Participants will become aware of the social, ecological and economic drivers and implications of certain management practices that may reduce farm-scale risks producers in the northeast face because of climate change.

Starting with basic well information, this webinar shows how shallow groundwater from glacial till aquifers can provide a high quality water supply for agricultural and domestic use.

A short guide to Whole Farm Planning. Whole Farm Planning can help you: develop a vision for your farm ten, twenty, or fifty years into the future; improve the profitability and efficiency of your farm operations; build respect from the community for your work in protecting the environment; make the farm a safe and healthy place for you and your family.

This tool allows individuals to visualize community level impacts from coastal flooding or sea level rise. It includes data related to water depth, connectivity, flood frequency, socio-economic vulnerability, wetland loss and migration, and mapping confidence.

Participants will learn how carbon is sequestered in agricultural soils and how agriculture can contribute to climate change mitigation and reach GHG reduction goals.