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Agriculture in the central part of the United States is tremendously productive. Bushels per acre of corn, soybeans, wheat -- hundredweights of potatoes -- crates of tomatoes and cucumbers -- beef, hogs, poultry -- The Mississippi River Basin does it all, and better than anywhere else in the world. The farmers are skilled and hard-working stewards of the land. They face challenges. There are extremes of weather. Floods. Drought. Excessive Heat. There are volatile commodity prices and rising input costs. Land. Seed. Crop Protection. Fertilizer. Fuel. For all these reasons universities, researchers, private industry, and non-profit organizations are coming together into the Green Lands Blue Waters network ... ...because we care about Agriculture. |
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