AP journalists Tammy Webber, Chicago, and Josh Funk, Omaha, Nebraska, reported that this year’s devastating Midwest flood losses are forcing tough decisions about the future of farming in America's bottomlands, even among farmers skeptical of climate change and humans’ role in it. https://bit.ly/2Z6iBP9
Flooding worsens; tough decisions for Midwest farmers
Farmer Gene Walter drives his truck through a flooded road that sits between flooded fields in Crescent, Iowa, June 27, 2019. Like many in the water-weary Midwest, Walter doesn't know if climate change was responsible for the second major flood in nine years. Or the increasingly frequent torrential rains that dump more water in an hour than he used to see in days. “We kind of feel like it’s the new normal,” said Walter, who lost 46,000 bushels of corn and soybeans. “You can’t rely on anything. You can’t build anything. You can’t do future planning ... the uncertainty is the thing that is really bad.”
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