Warm winter, droughts destroying crops in Italy, farming lobby warns. “A boiling winter is causing nature to crash,” Coldiretti said in a statement, adding that some plants are blossoming too early and will be exposed to harm from any drop in temperatures.

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1. Unusually mild weather and droughts in Italy are destroying crops and threatening livelihoods this winter, Italy’s main farming lobby Coldiretti said on Thursday.
   The world has just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, according to data published by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service on Thursday.
   “A boiling winter is causing nature to crash,” Coldiretti said in a statement, adding that some plants are blossoming too early and will be exposed to harm from any drop in temperatures.

2. Here we go. Better start stocking up on canned goods everyone. It’s gonna get pretty fucking hairy soon.

3. I’m getting pretty scared about the possibility of food shortages this year. I should probably stock up before prices skyrocket.

4. Better start taking chances on different plantsto plant. Replanting the same old crops at the same old time is the one sure way to lose the farm . Government’s better help.