How our farming system actually hurts farming
Cornfields show damage from flooding in June, and an unusually wet and soggy condition continuing this month, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Springfield, Ill. Agriculture officials in Illinois plan to seek a federal disaster declaration for crop damage resulting from spring and summer flooding. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Associated Press
How our farming system actually hurts farming

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Illinois farmers, and their crops, are feeling the heat

Farmers say one of the state’s largest industries can no longer ignore increasingly frequent extreme weather events.

Cornfields show damage from flooding in June, and an unusually wet and soggy condition continuing this month, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Springfield, Ill. Agriculture officials in Illinois plan to seek a federal disaster declaration for crop damage resulting from spring and summer flooding. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Associated Press
By Brenda Ruiz

Torrential downpours, flooding and droughts are becoming more frequent and one of Illinois’ largest industries is both feeling the pinch and contributing to the problem.

Reset learns more about how climate change is impacting the state’s $19 billion per year industry and what it means for the food you eat.

GUEST: Zachary Nauth, freelance journalist

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How our farming system actually hurts farming
Cornfields show damage from flooding in June, and an unusually wet and soggy condition continuing this month, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Springfield, Ill. Agriculture officials in Illinois plan to seek a federal disaster declaration for crop damage resulting from spring and summer flooding. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Associated Press
How our farming system actually hurts farming

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Illinois farmers, and their crops, are feeling the heat

Farmers say one of the state’s largest industries can no longer ignore increasingly frequent extreme weather events.

Cornfields show damage from flooding in June, and an unusually wet and soggy condition continuing this month, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Springfield, Ill. Agriculture officials in Illinois plan to seek a federal disaster declaration for crop damage resulting from spring and summer flooding. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) Associated Press
By Brenda Ruiz

Torrential downpours, flooding and droughts are becoming more frequent and one of Illinois’ largest industries is both feeling the pinch and contributing to the problem.

Reset learns more about how climate change is impacting the state’s $19 billion per year industry and what it means for the food you eat.

GUEST: Zachary Nauth, freelance journalist

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons