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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by WanderPanda on Friday June 28, 2019 @01:31PM (#20306759)
Are you drilling for water in Illinois? I saw a lot of these round artificial rain plants when I once travelled the midwestern states. For me it was always counter-intuitive that you have to do this in an area that is considered the bread-basket of the world.
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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by war1025 on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:43PM (#20307555)
As far as I know, irrigating crops is only a thing west of the Missouri river. (Dakotas, Nebraska, etc.)

I live in Iowa, and we definitely don't irrigate crops here. (On a mass scale at least. Specialty crops and orchards have irrigation systems set up)

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