Drew Lerner, founder of World Weather, Inc., says the summer of 1968 had some strong patterns, including a wetter bias in the western and north-central U.S., but drier conditions in most of the Atlantic Coast states and parts of the eastern and southern Midwest.

Learn how an Iowa plot trial, with the help of an autonomous planting robot, is looking at the yield-boosting potential of strip cropping corn and cover crops.

“In today’s economy, the ability to farm often depends on the ability to commute,” says Daniel Munch, economist at American Farm Bureau Federation.