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Climate change is impacting hops and barley crops, forcing beer industry to adjust
Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia
In the face of human-caused climate change impacting water access and weather patterns in the Willamette Valley — a region known for hops growing — farmers are using all the new strategies they can get to stay afloat and provide for large and small breweries alike.
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In the face of human-caused climate change impacting water access and weather patterns in the Willamette Valley — a region known for hops growing — farmers are using all the new strategies they can get to stay afloat and provide for large and small breweries alike.
Climate change is making an impact on the beer industry, as hops and barley growers in the U.S. experience challenges such as extreme heat and drought.
“It will be increasingly difficult for us as plant breeders to provide new varieties of barley and new varieties of hops that can meet, just, all of the terrors of the climate change process," one scientist said.
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