Increase in perennial forage yields driven by climate change, at Apukka Research Station, Rovaniemi, 1980-2017

• Published in: Agricultural and Food Science
• Main Authors: Niemeläinen, Oiva, Hannukkala, Antti, Jauhiainen, Lauri, Hakala, Kaija, Niskanen, Markku, Laine, Antti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 2020
• Subjects: forage production; overwintering; productivity; grassland management; timothy; Apukka; Rovaniemi
• Online Access: https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/85141; https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.85141

The official variety trials at Rovaniemi, Finland (66.58°N, 26.01°E) in 1980–2017 show a substantial increase in dry matter yields (DMY) of timothy (Phleum pratense), meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), coinciding with a 156 °Cd increase in the average growing se...