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Quentin Connealy’s farmland in Burt County flooded three times in 2019. When forecasts allow enough notice, Connealy tries to take steps to protect his farming equipment.
Quentin Connealy looks back at his crops from the seat of his tractor. Connealy, who has been farming full time for the past 15 years, said he has had to deal with increasingly extreme weather.
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Floodwaters cover Quentin Connealy’s farmland in eastern Nebraska.
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