Project aims to double impact of climate-smart ag

Aug 7, 2023
Aug 7, 2023

Both drought and flooding put corn yields at risk. The USDA-funded IMPACT2 project seeks to help farmers cope with the implications of climate change.
Photo courtesy Tom Campbell/Purdue Agricultural Communications

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is leading a $1.5 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub to help a highly diverse group of farmers and landowners in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa learn what practices will help them elude the worst effects of climate change.

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