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Midwest floods linked to climate change are devastating US farms
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Midwest floods linked to climate change are devastating US farms

American farmers have just over half of their corn crop in the ground (compared to an average of 90% by this time).

Missouri River floods show federal tax cost of climate change

Missouri River floods show federal tax cost of climate change

This spring’s floods on the Missouri River are a reminder that flood control works, but at a price in federal tax dollars. As floods increase with climate change, people outside of the flood plain will ask tougher questions.
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‘It’s probably over for us’: Record floods bring new toll when farmers can least afford it
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‘It’s probably over for us’: Record floods bring new toll when farmers can least afford it

Midwestern farmers were contending with freezing floodwaters and dead livestock, only the latest crisis in farm country. “There’s no harder business to be in,” one Nebraska man said.
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