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LI farmers discuss effects of global warming

Long Island farmers say they need the state

Photo credit: Randee Daddona

The impacts of global warming will be a mixed blessing for Long Island farmers, who already are seeing signs of a longer growing season and hints that midsummer irrigation will become more important as weather patterns continue to change.

That prediction was made Thursday at the Long Island Agricultural Forum by David W. Wolfe, who co-chairs the Cornell University Climate Change Program Work...

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