(Omaha News.Net) Nebraska Farmers Gamble on Drought-Resistant Crops

Reporter Mark Moran explores how Nebraska farmers are weighing the risks of shifting away from corn toward more drought-resistant crops as extreme weather becomes harder to predict. Andrea Eveland, principal investigator at the Danforth Center, speaks to the potential of sorghum — a crop closely related to corn that is both drought- and heat-resilient and requires fewer inputs like nitrogen-based fertilizers. Read the full story to learn why now is the time to invest in crops like sorghum — and what's at stake if we wait.