Climate change impacts on Australian crop farming

Australia has experienced higher temperatures and lower winter rainfall in recent decades, significantly affecting many crop farmers. The latest Insights report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) looks at the effects of these recent and possible future changes in climate on Australian farms. Average farm profits reduced by 23% Australia’s climate has warmed on average by 1.4°C since 1910, occurring primarily since 1950. There has also been