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Farmers bounce back from historic weather disasters

From the Climate and Extreme Weather series

Phyllis Coulter , Benjamin Herrold
Apr 15, 2023
Apr 15, 2023

Weather-extremes-cover — Danny Kuenzel, who farms along the Missouri River in east central Missouri, says flooding and high water are part of farming along the river. He says the Great Flood of 1993 was the worst flood he’s experienced. From drought to flood to derechos, Midwest farmers have worked through many weather extremes in the past 50 years.
Photos by Benjamin Herrold, Aaron Viner and Jeff DeYoung

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Crumpled grain bins, flattened corn fields, flooded buildings and parched earth mark the haggard faces of worried farmers when extreme weather strikes.

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Storm clouds — Storms that spawned tornadoes swept across southeast
Iowa March 31.
Photo courtesy Tom Hadley

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