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University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes

It’s a story we’ve been talking about for weeks: farmers battling the summer’s record rainfall. For Sub Edge Farm in Avon, it’s the worst flooding they have ever seen. “We’ve had a little bit of flooding here and there but every year, it’s been getting more and more extreme. It’s been getting worse,” said Rodger Phillips, owner of Sub Edge...