Josh Funk, Author at Greenfield Recorder

In this June 27, 2019 photo, Gene Walter, of Crescent, Iowa, drives his truck through a flooded road that sits between flooded fields in Crescent, Iowa. This year's record rainfall and devastating flooding are forcing tough decisions about the future of farming in in the face of climate change. Like many in the water-weary Midwest, Walter doesn't know if climate change was responsible for the second major flood in nine years. Or the increasingly frequent torrential rains that dump more water in an hour than he used to see in days. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Flooded farmers face dilemma in warming world

by Tammy Webber Associated Press, and Josh Funk Associated PressDecember 11, 2019

CRESCENT, Iowa — Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year’s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River surged…