Crop farmers have few short-run options for reducing downside production risk from changes in drought frequency and … intensity due to ongoing climate change. However, one recently available option is drought-tolerant (DT) varieties. We determine … how recent drought exposure, drought risk, and other climatic features have influenced adoption of DT corn--a water …

resilience to drought. We explored factors influencing farmer's adoption of cover crops and examined the effects of cover crops … Soybean Costs and Returns Report. Incorporating drought occurrence in current year and previous 5 years into our analysis, we … find that previous occurrence of drought did not affect farmers' adoption of cover crops and the effects of cover crops on …