Environmental Science What Is the Annual Yield

Environmental Science

What is the annual yield of cranberries in New Jersey? What is the dollar value of cranberries to New Jersey's economy? 547, 500 barrels; $20.3 million.

Will climate change create positive or negative growing conditions for cranberries in New Jersey for the next 50 years? For the next 100 years? Be sure to support your well written argument with data meaning number, graphs, and sources! Climate change will create negative growing conditions for cranberries in New Jersey for the next 50 years. It will create even worse conditions for growing this crop in the next 100 years. The climate change is resulting in hotter temperatures, which the Bangor Daily News reported is "undermining" (Walsh, 2011) cranberry harvests.

a) Effects of temperature increase over the next 50 years on growing of cranberries: supported by an explanation of 3 pieces of supporting evidence. Cranberries grow well in weather that is not too hot (Walsh, 2011). The climate will increase in the next 50 years (United States, 2014), making it difficult for cranberries to grow. The yield from growing this crop will likely not be as high as it is today (Colimore, 2009).

b) Effects of temperature increase over the next 100 years on growing of cranberries: supported by an explanation of 3 pieces of supporting evidence At the rate that the temperature has been increasing, it will be hotter in the next 100 years than it will be in the next 50 years (United States, 2014). Cranberries thrive in cooler weather (Walsh, 2011). Typically, the Northern portions of the country (and North East in particular) had this sort of climate (Colimore, 2009), which is why it was good for harvesting cranberries. In 100 years that fact will change.

c) Effects of precipitation increase over the next 50 years on growing of cranberries: supported by an explanation of 3 pieces of supporting evidence In the next 50 years there will be much higher rates of precipitation (Walsh, 2011). These rates will result in increased flooding (Colimore, 2009). As such, the potential to grow cranberries will become more limited due to weather conditions (Walsh, 2011).

d) Effects of precipitation increase over the next 100 years on growing of cranberries: supported by an explanation of 3 pieces of supporting evidence In the next 100 years, the levels of precipitation are set to increase even more so than they are to increase over the next 50 years (Colimore, 2009). This occurrence will bring even more flooding and moisture to New Jersey and other areas (Walsh, 2011), which will of course adversely effect crops. Cranberries do best in moderately cool weather without excessive precipitation (Walsh, 2009).

e) Solutions for the next 50 to 100 years to maintain the farm and crop The most viable solution is to minimize climate change produced by greenhouse emissions. Doing so can offset some of the effects of the predicted climate changes, mitigating their effects on the cranberry crop in New Jersey.

27. Given predictions for climate change and solutions needed to maintain the crops (think of environmental and financial investments), should New Jersey continue to grow cranberries for the next 50 years? 100 years? Be sure to support your argument with data! New Jersey should likely discontinue growing cranberries over the next 50 years, as well as over the next 100 years It should perhaps continue growing them for maybe the next 30. However, the changes to the climate and levels of precipitation will make this crop difficult to maintain during these time periods (Colimore, 2009).