Climate change will drive higher plant populations
Below's list of "wonders" are simply the basic management factors that help guide the university's research. He told farmers that plant density is a component of yield, and he counted it as his "fifth wonder" that's changed the most over the past 50 years.
"Especially in the northern latitudes, like North Dakota, if you have a long day and a short season, then the idea is, 'I've got to intercept light as quickly as possible. I'd better change my plant population, my plant arrangement, to optimize my light."
Theoretically, climate change should have some advantages for northern corn farmers. It's less beneficial for farmers who already have high temperatures, farther south that the Dakotas and Minnesota.
"There's winners and losers when it comes to increasing the temperatures, and -- of course -- North Dakota is one of the winners." And then he quickly qualified that: "Probably everyone's a loser (on climate change) in the long run. Some geographies
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