DES MOINES, Iowa – Farmer Jeff Jorgenson looks out over 750 acres of cropland submerged beneath the swollen Missouri River, and he knows he probably won’t plant this year. But that’s not his biggest worry. He and other farmers have worked until midnight for days to move grain, equipment and fuel barrels away from the floodwaters fed by heavy rain and snowmelt.
Stories Related to Flooding Devastates Farming Economy
The Associated Press, Northwest Herald
Tue, 03/19/2019 - 10:36pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Illinois McHenry County Crystal Lake
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