USDA Study Projects Massive Changes In US Agricultural & Forest Output By Mid-Century

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2. For those interested in more details, the reports are available here...

...as pdfs:

Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the U.S. Forest Sector

http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/effects_2012/CC%20and%20Agriculture%20Report%20%2802-04-2013%29b.pdf
Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation]

For anyone else specifically interested in blueberries or other specialty crops, the Ag report has interesting information:

Of the many perennial specialty crops produced in the United States, apple, blueberry, cherry, citrus, grape, peach, pear, raspberry, and red maple were selected as representative perennial nursery and ornamental crops. Critical temperature and the literature for use by crop/climate modelers and policy makers in assessing future climate change effects. The response of these crops to a proposed doubling of atmospheric CO2 is evaluated from the scientific literature in Tables 5.7, 5.8, 5.9.

I attempted pasting some sample data from the tables, but the formatting out of Acrobat is hopeless here. If you're interested, check out the full doc.