Illinois Farmer On How Climate Change Is Impacting Agriculture

Experts have focused on drafting plans to prevent climate change, but effects are already being felt in Illinois.

By Richard Requena
Illinois Soybeans
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, a southern Illinois farmer works on his tractor in an almost ready to harvest soybean field, near Lebanon, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Associated Press
Illinois Soybeans
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, a southern Illinois farmer works on his tractor in an almost ready to harvest soybean field, near Lebanon, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Associated Press

Illinois Farmer On How Climate Change Is Impacting Agriculture

Experts have focused on drafting plans to prevent climate change, but effects are already being felt in Illinois.

By Richard Requena
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Karen Petersen, climate change manager at the Nature Conservancy