Brenda and Nate Rudolph purchased his family’s farm in 2011. The couple transitioned away from milking cows to direct marketing pork, beef, lamb and chicken. They also custom raise dairy steers and grow corn, rye, oats and alfalfa. Brenda also operates Raising a Farmer, a non-profit organization that strives to connect rural and urban communities through food, art, farming and community. Nate says weather patterns are very different now compared to when he was a kid.

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From heavy rains to extreme drought and damaging winds, farmers are adapting and changing. The ‘Climate Resilience on the Farm’ series features Minnesota farmers who are using practices to make their farms more resilient as the climate changes.