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Millets — ancient drought-resistant grains — could help the Midwest survive climate change

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Midwest is known for its rows and rows of corn and soybeans that uniformly cover the landscape. But in central Missouri, farmer Linus Rothermich disrupts the usual corn and soybean rotation with Japanese millet. He has been growing it since 1993. “Golly, I have to think how far back that […]

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