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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Madison compared ordinary cotton and cotton genetically modified to withstand drought in space.
Farmers as far south as Virginia and Maryland are now facing air quality warnings during critical fieldwork times.
Wildfires have scorched almost 2,000 square miles in Southern Canada so far, and the ongoing heat and drought are not helping ag production. The number of fires already surpassed the 10-year average.
Broadleaf weeds and black cutworm moths are already making their presence known in the Midwest, farmers say.
