An aerial view of the flooding at the Camp Ashland, Nebraska on March 17, 2019.
Credit: Staff Sgt. Herschel Talley / Flickr
The record flooding in the Midwest that has now been blamed for four deaths could also have lasting consequences for the region’s many farmers.
Flooding has swamped fields and stockpiles and drowned or harmed livestock in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and other states. In Nebraska alone, the loss of crops and livestock is estimated to total nearly $1 billion, Reuters reported Tuesday.
“The economy in agriculture is not very good right now. It will end some of these folks farming, family legacies, family farms,” Iowa farmer Farmer Jeff Jorgenson told The Associated Press. “There will be farmers that will be dealing with so much of a negative they won’t be able to tolerate it.”
One of those farmers might be Anthony Ruzicka of Verdigre, Nebraska. His family has been farming the same plot for […]
