https://climatechange.chicago.gov/cl...nd-food-supply
More extreme temperature and precipitation can prevent crops from growing. Extreme events, especially floods and droughts, can harm crops and reduce yields. For example, in 2010 and 2012, high nighttime temperatures affected corn yields across the U.S. Corn Belt, and premature budding due to a warm winter caused $220 million in losses of Michigan cherries in 2012
Climate change may increase the prevalence of parasites and diseases that affect livestock. The earlier onset of spring and warmer winters could allow some parasites and pathogens to survive more easily. In areas with increased rainfall, moisture-reliant pathogens could thrive.
Some marine disease outbreaks have been linked with changing climate. Higher water temperatures and higher estuarine salinities have enabled an oyster parasite to spread farther north along the Atlantic coast. Winter warming in the Arctic is contributing to salmon diseases in the Bering Sea and a resulting reduction in the Yukon Chinook Salmon, Finally, warmer temperatures have caused disease outbreaks in coral, eelgrass, and abalone.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/polit...ion/index.html
Just six weeks from his winter wheat harvest, Brian Brooks feels defeated.
He's staring down 4,000 acres of barren soil across his farm in southeast Colorado, dried out by a brutal drought that could soon drive food prices even higher.
"You walk through here and it's so frustrating to see all of your hard work blown away," Brooks said. "If grandad were still here ... I'm sure he'd have flashbacks to the [1930s]."
Seventy-one million crop acres, from the Great Plains to the Pacific, are in a severe drought. That's 22% of the nation's crops, according to the American Farm Bureau.
I'm doubting that you read any of that, but for those who did:
It sucks that changing climate around the country and globe are affecting our food supply all year round. If this doesn't get fixed, we're going to start hearing the word "rations" a lot more often.