Northwest U.S. Agriculture in a Changing Climate: Collaboratively Defined Research and Extension Priorities
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Citation: Yorgey GG, Hall SA, Allen ER, Whitefield EM, Embertson NM, Jones VP, Saari BR, Rajagopalan K, Roesch-McNally GE, Van Horne B, Abatzoglou JT, Collins HP, Houston LL, Ewing TW and Kruger CE (2017) Northwest U.S. Agriculture in a Changing Climate: Collaboratively Defined Research and Extension Priorities. Front. Environ. Sci. 5:52. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00052 Northwest U.S. Agriculture in a Changing Climate: Collaboratively Defined Research and Extension Priorities
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