U.S.-China trade conflict harms California farming communities | Food Blog The top 13 California agricultural commodities exported to China fell 64% from 2024 to 2025.

U.S.-China trade tensions are hitting #CaliforniaAg hard. A new UC Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics study finds a 64% drop in ag export value to China in just one year, impacting farmers, jobs & rural economies. #AgEconomics @gianninifnd.bsky.social

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Cumulative distribution of truckload observations across observed temperatures (2011–2020) and projected temperatures at midcentury (2040–2049) and end of century (2090–2099) under SSP3-7.0. Each line shows the cumulative distribution function of temperature observations. The thick lines show the median distribution for a particular period (observed, midcentury, or end of century). The thin lines show the distribution for a particular year, and for projected temperatures, they show the distribution for a combination of a particular year and climate model—EC-Earth3, EC-Earth3-Veg, MIROC6, or TaiESM1.

🍅From American Journal of Agricultural Economics: Heat during transit raises tomato damage, especially when paired with heavy traffic. High-resolution data show climate-driven postharvest losses remain small overall. (Timothy K. M. Beatty)

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