For years, Brian Scott tried to grow corn and soybeans on a rented farm that featured nine acres of sandy soils fit for a Florida beach. In 2017, he bought the farm, and in 2021, he seeded the sandy patch to a prescribed pollinator mix and enrolled it in CRP. “We figure by the third year, we’ll make a little money,” he says. “If nothing else, we're reducing fertilizer, energy and pesticide costs.”