It means that method of farming is a bad fit for that climate, yes.
Its a much more complex problem though. Most farms in the US depend on debt and subsidies to get by. That money comes with strings attached, from the yield required to cover expenses to subsidies that require mono-cropped fields that basically sit idle in the off season or when a crop fails.
There are different techniques that could be used, but none of them will match the sheer tonnage of yield from a mono-crop drenched in fertilizer, herbicides, and laid out in a way that allows for massive tractors and combines to be used. All of these methods cause huge damage to the land, but again I'd argue we've left those farmers with little to no choice in the matter given how our food system is designed.
Its a much more complex problem though. Most farms in the US depend on debt and subsidies to get by. That money comes with strings attached, from the yield required to cover expenses to subsidies that require mono-cropped fields that basically sit idle in the off season or when a crop fails.
There are different techniques that could be used, but none of them will match the sheer tonnage of yield from a mono-crop drenched in fertilizer, herbicides, and laid out in a way that allows for massive tractors and combines to be used. All of these methods cause huge damage to the land, but again I'd argue we've left those farmers with little to no choice in the matter given how our food system is designed.