Illustration credit: Carlyn Iverson and USDA-SARE.
With changing weather patterns farmers need to prepare their soils to take up more water — and retain it during droughts.
This article in the American Agriculturalist, “Adapt to wetter springs, longer seasons”, offers some helpful tips as you assess your particular circumstances in order to offset your weather risks.
One of the big trends noted in the 2014 National Climate Assessment report, and still holding, is the dramatic increase in rainfall in very heavy events.