Zachary Nauth | WBEZ

Jake Lieb examines a soybean. Rainfall and temperatures — which scientists say have become more extreme — play a big role in determining yields on his family’s central Illinois farm and his family’s income.

These conservation-minded Illinois farmers are in a race against climate change to save their soil

“It’s about leaving something for tomorrow,” says Jake Lieb, 41, who is among a small but growing percentage of central Illinois farmers experimenting with soil conservation.

By Zachary Nauth | WBEZ