With global climate change progressing rapidly, droughts are predicted to increase in frequency, duration, and severity in the coming years. According to researchers at the London-based policy institute Chatham House, an anticipated 40 percent of the planet’s cropland will be exposed to severe drought for at least three months per year by year 2050. Data shows the breadbasket of the United States could be among the regions hardest hit.

In addition to these staggering drought statistics, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations project that agriculture will need to produce nearly 50 percent more food by 2050 to feed a growing population. It is also predicted that as global demand increases, crop yields could drop by 30 percent as farmers contend with a hotter and more volatile planet.

The future sustainability of farming relies on research and development now.

Thinking about tomorrow

Universities, government agencies, non-profits, and other for-profit businesses research to develop climate-smart tools to help drive efficiencies and support agricultural sustainability on the farm. These decision-support tools improve farming productivity and resiliency in the face of a changing climate. The big challenge faced by agronomists and plant breeders is introducing new developments that make a decisive contribution toward sustainable food and energy supplies for the world. That’s where Wintersteiger comes in.

Wintersteiger offers complete solutions for the entire sowing and seed cultivation process for plant breeding and research. As application specialists, Wintersteiger's process expertise and proactive services provide plant breeders and researchers with state-of-the-art products in data management, sowing, note-taking, fertilization, plant protection, harvesting, and lab preparations and testing.

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Smart Solutions for a sustainable future

When planning for 2023 production and beyond, sustainability means adopting modern agriculture tools in conjunction with traditional farming methods to efficiently maximize yield, limit the waste of resources, minimize agriculture’s impact on the environment, and protect the bottom line.

As the planet warms, farms will be increasingly exposed to volatile droughts and heatwaves. The research and development done today will offer a sustainable future tomorrow by helping farmers to do more with less land, water, and energy. Wintersteiger produces modern agriculture tools that support smart solutions for a sustainable future.

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Note on the Feature image: The Wintersteiger Split NH, created in partnership with New Holland, is a specially developed plot combine for harvesting two plots in one operation. It features the performance of a conventional combine with the requirements of a plot combine