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With Corn Belt inching north, farm diversification gains momentum
A man and a woman stand at the doorway of a wooden farmhouse. Lush green trees frame both sides of the house.

Jordan Welch talks to her grandfather Charlie Payne on July 20 in Concordia. Charlie Payne purchased the Payne family’s land more than 60 years ago, and he still helps out in an advisory capacity on the farm. (Jia Wu/Columbia Missourian)

Adam Goldstein
University of Missouri
Climate change is redrawing the agricultural map of the United States. As corn becomes less economically viable with changing Midwestern weather patterns, farmers look to a more diverse future.