USA Today: Earlier this month, Cargill Beef said it's closing one of its Texas plants because of a prolonged drought in the state that thinned cattle herds to their lowest level in 60 years. As a result, 2,000 workers had to relocate to another plant or find new jobs. No, we're not an agriculture-based economy anymore. But this sector still employs up to 250,000 workers, making agriculture one of the biggest victims of changing weather patterns, says John Challenger, chief executive of Challenger, Gray &...
URL: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/kay/2013/02/01/at-work-global-warming/1882115/
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