Source: Don Fraser, St. Catharines Standard via Agnet Feb. 16/06

Geography professor Barry Smit of the University of Guelph was cited as telling the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Convention, at Brock University's Walker Complex that climate change is making it essential for people in the horticultural sector to start making adjustments to their farming practices, and that there were things that can be done better to prepare for the "recurring conditions of (these) times."

Smit was further cited as saying it's clear drought severity has been increasing over time in the Canadian Prairies, and that, "These operators are going to have to deal with less extreme wet years (and) more frequent dry years."
Producers everywhere need to know what climate-change conditions -- such as moisture and extreme cold -- will most affect specific crops and find "management strategies" to cope with them.