"Heatwaves are becoming more extreme and frequent, making it harder to grow food crops.
While summer heatwaves are making headlines, Professor Atkin said they could and did occur at other times of the year when temperatures pushed above the normal during the day and night.
That includes during spring, a critical time for wheat flowering."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/extreme-heatwaves-threatening-crops-food-supply-australia/106745486
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"Nebraska’s winter wheat farmers could be abandoning much of their crop this year due to one of the most devastating droughts on record.
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service predicted this month that 580,000 acres will be harvested. That’s about 225,000 acres lower than last year’s harvest. Eighty-five percent of wheat acres were harvested last year, but only 64% is expected to be harvested in 2026."
"Fruit tree production in the Intermountain West, which covers Colorado, Utah and Idaho, is threatened by diminishing water supplies, spring frosts, variable winter temperatures and soils that are above the ideal pH range for peach trees. Further exacerbating the environmental stresses are pest problems and the persistent cytospora canker disease."
https://theconversation.com/a-fungal-disease-along-with-climate-change-threatens-colorados-prized-peaches-263246
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"Forecasts for the strongest El Nino in a decade promise hotter, drier weather across Asia in the second half of 2026, hitting crops and food supplies while farmers grapple with fertiliser shortages and costly fuel caused by the Iran war."
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/forecast-strong-el-nino-fans-worries-about-global-crops-iran-war-bites-2026-04-24/
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"The breeding response to all of this is real but, by its own researchers’ assessment, increasingly insufficient. Wheat scientists have been developing varieties with better heat tolerance, faster maturation, and improved drought resistance for decades. However, it’s still racing against a trajectory that doesn’t appear to be slowing down at the rate required to keep the gap manageable."
https://creativelearningguild.co.uk/nature/the-wheat-shortage-nobody-is-talking-about-and-how-global-warming-is-making-it-permanent/
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The Wheat Shortage Nobody Is Talking About — and How Global Warming Is Making It Permanent On a steamy April morning, stroll through a flour mill in central Punjab. The bags are still being filled, the conveyor belts are still moving, and the
"South Punjab’s world-famous mango industry is facing a serious setback this season, as climate change has impacted the production of Summer Bahisht Chaunsa, one of the most prized mango varieties in Pakistan.
According to local growers, the first week of March brought an unexpected rise in temperature, which disrupted the natural flowering and fruit-setting process."
https://borneobulletin.com.bn/climate-change-hits-pakistans-world-famous-mango-produce/
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"The haul of lobsters, Maine’s best known export and a key piece of the state’s identity and culture, has declined every year since 2021, and some scientists have cited as a reason warming oceans that spur migration to Canadian waters."
https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2026/03/06/maine-lobster-catch/
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Pakistan: Harvest of pulses significantly decreased due to low returns, export restrictions -- and climate change
https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/116116699598224092
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“Climate change and weather extremes will drive down global caloric yields by about 24% under high future emissions.
“This would result in higher food prices, which in rich countries would feel like inflation. In poor countries, this would exacerbate food security problems and could negatively affect political stability.”
#ClimateInflation in the price of food in North America:
"Projected warming by 2035 would drive food inflation up by 1.4 to 1.8 percentage-points per-year on average across North America (for low-end (SSP1-2.6) and high-end (SSP5-8.5) warming scenarios, respectively). By 2060, warming-driven food inflation across North America would reach 1.9 to 3.9 percentage-points per-year, respectively."
https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/climate-change-and-food-prices
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