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Hughes Center and Farm Bureau tell delegation farmers want localized climate data, flexibility and protections for productive farmland
Summary
The Harry R. Hughes Center presented a Climate Smart Agriculture project summarizing farmers' concerns about changing weather, pests, and the need for fine-scale projections, while Maryland Farm Bureau emphasized private-property rights, ag education and worry about large-scale solar on prime farmland.
Representatives from the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agroecology and the Maryland Farm Bureau told the Eastern Shore delegation that farmers need research, localized climate information, flexibility in mandated best-management practices and protections for productive farmland.
Dr. Kate Evertz (Hughes Center) summarized a multi-institution research and stakeholder-engagement effort commissioned to assess how changing weather and climate affect Maryland farms. She said farmers told the project team they operate on a…
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