Climatic Data and Faroese Agriculture

Abstract

Local climatic data are shown to be closely connected with yields in Faroese farming and agriculture and to have a certain predictive value. The variation in climate over the rather small island area is large and the year-to-year variation - as shown
by data from Kollafjørður - is high. This is also mirrorred in the crops, which shows similar large variation in yields. This is not surprising, the Faroes being situated near the northern limit for most agricultural crops. However, this is being the case, local climatic data could possibly be used for predictive purpose as concerns agricultural yields.