The heat is on, and farmers have a new tool to help track it

The heat is on, and farmers have a new tool to help track it
A new $200,000 tool will provide daily drought forecasts out to 35 days. (Image: Unsplash)
Rebecca Howard
Rising temperatures in New Zealand are turning the heat on the government, which is looking for tools to help farmers and growers better prepare. “In the last decade, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) has reported many record-setting high-temperature extremes,” said Niwa climate database scientist Raghav Srinivasan.However, now we can say much more confidently climate change is no longer a thing of the future, Srinivasan said. Animals hit by heat stress, feed shortages and stunted crops take a...

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