by Elise Koning | Dec 20, 2024 | Conservation Technology Information Center Project Director
When the Diverse Corn Belt Project began, we needed a baseline, a foundation for knowing what farmers thought about diversification. In previous work, Emily Usher, DCB Project Manager, and Lauren Asprooth, a social scientist at Purdue University, had researched...
by Elise Koning | Dec 11, 2024 | Conservation Technology Information Center Project Director
Diversity of insects, income streams, and products benefit the farm, market, and landscape levels we discussed in our previous post on why the Diverse Corn Belt project (DCB) was started. Now, let’s take a look at what agricultural diversification means from the soil...
by Elise Koning | Dec 9, 2024 | Conservation Technology Information Center Project Director
Each spring, tiny corn plants emerge from rich, dark soil in the Midwest. Soybean leaves grow overnight. Summer arrives, and deep green fields stretch to the horizon. In autumn, golden leaves rustle in warm breezes, and combines race into the night to bring in the...
