Managing for Profit

Adapting to increased ‘climate variability’

Bring up “global warming” or “climate change” with a group of farmers and you’ll like get a wide range of opinions.  But many of those same farmers would agree that there seems to be more variability or unpredictability to the weather now than in the recent past—with the extremes of last spring versus this spring as an example. 

So how are farmers adapting to what would seem to be increasing “climate variability”?  We put that question to Justin Dammann, a 33-year old farmer from Essex, Iowa.

AUDIO: Justin Dammann (3:00 MP3)