Source: Victoria Wresilo, SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 10/28/21

 A new study says heat from climate change could globally impact farmers' corn and soybean yields. Nature Publishing Group released the data showing that global warming could cut corn and soybean yields by 5% globally by 2050. Farmer Gary Hendrix owns Hendrix Family Farms in Raeford. He grows around 3,000 acres of soybeans, in addition to other small grains. He's also the N.C. Soybean Association president. He calls farmers “the original environmentalists,” and said they are always willing to adapt.

For more of this story, click here.