NW Farmers Confront Climate Change SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) - Here at home, global climate change brings the prospect of drier, hotter summers, diminished snowpack, and lowland flooding. There's another less obvious aspect: we face more pests, weeds, and diseases. They could be among the biggest challenges for Northwest Farmers. That's what a bunch of them heard at a conference yesterday. KPLU's Tom Banse reports. © Copyright 2010, KPLU