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NASA scientists seek to collaborate with farmers

Sep 13, 2022
Sep 13, 2022

A NASA satellite image shows the spread of corn acres in the Midwest in the summer.
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MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — Of all the folks that might visit his central Kansas farm, Ray Flickner probably never figured a group from the nation’s space agency would be among them.

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