Extreme weather events like drought and flooding are becoming more common for midwestern farmers, so Bayer Crop Science is helping growers make their land more resilient.
Bayer’s Leo Bastos tells Brownfield increasing crop tolerance to extreme weather starts with improving soil health and sustainability of the land.
“By improving soil health and soil structure, farmers will have better risk mitigation to those events and resiliency to produce more. Their yields are going to be shown at the field level.”
He says implementing practices like no-till and cover crops helps the soil build organic matter, and in turn store more carbon and retain more water.
