The Obama administration recently announced the creation of "climate hubs"; information centers were farmers and other agricultural workers can get important data on the implications of climate change to their crops and animals.

U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack said that the climate hubs will be located outside the offices of the Department of Agriculture. Information from the hubs will be disseminated to farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers to help them understand better the implications of climate change to their livelihood. The climate hubs will also house climate change experts who will gather the latest data on climate change and its effects on the agricultural industry.

According to the director of USDA's Climate Change Program Office, Bill Hohenstein, the climate hubs can provide vital information for farmers and ranchers. "Higher nighttime temperatures, for example, can affect plant development at critical stages of the growth cycle. And in the west, smaller winter snowpacks can affect the availability of water for irrigation during the growing season." he said to the National Geographic.

In a report submitted on February 2013, the USDA outlined the impacts that could be expected due to climate change. Based on the studies, the agency is anticipating "overall detrimental effects on most crops and livestock" for the years to come. The USDA have been researching about the effects of climate change for some years, spending at most $120 million a year on researchers related to climate change and its effects on the country's agriculture.

The creation of the climate hubs were announced days after Pres. Obama received criticisms after approving a $1 trillion farm bill. The bill attracted so much negative feedback because the government has to decrease the funds for food stamps to give way to the new bill.

However, the USDA stated that the creation of climate hubs required no new budget allocation. The climate hubs will be created by repurposing staff and office spaces.

The climate hubs will be created in the USDA offices in the following locations: Oklahoma; Corvallis Ames, Iowa; Fort Collins, Colo.; Raleigh, N.C; El Reno, Ore.; Las Cruces, N.M, and Durham, N.H.