The media fallout from the latest National Climate Assessment is the gift that keeps on giving. Over at the Natural Resources Defense Council, apparently climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture in Ohio. Just take this claim by the NRDC: "Ohio farmers, for instance, saw corn yields drop by up to 60 percent and first hay harvests by up to 70 percent during the long drought of 2007." Wait. Ohio had a long drought in 2007? Well, by definition, if it was just in 2007, that isn't a "long drought," is it? Perhaps a closer look at this "long drought of 2007" in the Buckeye State is needed. It wasn't even a dry year in Ohio during 2007. The state saw 41.2 inches of precipitation during the calendar year, well above the 20th-century average of 38.3 inches per year. Even the prior twelve-month periods ending in July, August, September, October, and November of 2007 weren't dry. In fact, they were all above average, too. Indeed,...(Read Full Article)