Talking Points: Climate change is altering what farming zone Minnesota falls into (part 3)

Name: Talking Points: Climate change is altering what farming zone Minnesota falls into (part 3)
Uploaded: 2023-12-06T14:16:00-0600
Duration: 10 min 40 s
Description: Minnesota's warming winters are impacting what you can grow. That change is reflected in the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2023 plant hardiness zone map. The impact is enormous on the state's $21 billion farm economy. Soybeans have now eclipsed corn, wheat and alfalfa as Minnesota's number one cash crop. Click here to see the full story.

Minnesota's warming winters are impacting what you can grow. That change is reflected in the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2023 plant hardiness zone map. The impact is enormous on the state's $21 billion farm economy. Soybeans have now eclipsed corn, wheat and alfalfa as Minnesota's number one cash crop. Click here to see the full story.