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Wild weather forces farmers to adapt

The development of cropping systems resilient to extreme climatic conditions, is a major challenge to farmers. USDA researchers summarize their findings on the short-term effects of a variety of crop sequences, in dynamic cropping systems in the July-August 2007 issue of Agronomy Journal.

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