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Encourage farmers to update production practices to adapt to seasonal changes. For example, farmers can change crop varieties and breeds, change the timing of farm operations, use season extension and irrigation techniques and build soil health.

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Hazards
Changing Seasons
Assets
Agriculture and Food Supply
Focus of action
Community Resources, Transformative Strategies, Resilience Hubs

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    • Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation
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  • Ariel Léger/University of Arizona

    • Regenerative Agriculture in the Arid Southwest at Oatman Flats Ranch
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    • Freeze Drying Crops for Increased Climate Change Resilience in New Mexico

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    • Iñupiat Work to Preserve Food and Traditions on Alaska's North Slope

  • Brian Schack, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    • Precise Soil, Climate, and Weather Data Help Dairy Optimize Water Use
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    USFWS National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy

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    • USFWS National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
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  • The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

    • Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
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  • Emrys Damon Miller

    • Okanagan, British Columbia: Regional Adaptation Strategy
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