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Climate change is a major threat to Wisconsin agriculture

he Weather Guys’ Oct. 27 column noted that the Arctic is the world’s fastest-warming region. As the Arctic warms, the temperature contrast between the poles and mid-latitudes weakens, slowing weather systems over North America.

For Wisconsin, that means more multi-day heavy rains, multi-week summer droughts and occasional deep winter freezes, even as average temperatures rise.