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  • Warming Midwest increases likelihood farmers will need to irrigate

    Jun 18, 2019 9:45 am by Diana YatesResearch
    pivot irrigation of corn crops. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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    • pivot irrigation of corn crops. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

    Illinois researchers found that hotter conditions expected by midcentury will lead to a need for crop irrigation in the Midwest, a region that relies primarily on rainfall to grow crops.