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Millets could aid in surviving climate change

Eva Tesfaye Harvest Public Media
Jul 18, 2024
Jul 18, 2024

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Proso millet does not require a lot of water, which also makes it a good cover crop option.

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Linus Rothermich on the field where he plans on planting this year’s crop of Japanese millet. He grows the crop for seeds that are sold and planted elsewhere to support waterfowl populations.

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The Midwest is known for its rows and rows of corn and soybeans that uniformly cover the landscape.

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The story was produced by Harvest Public Media, a collaboration of public media newsrooms in the Midwest, and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report For America.