What Comes After the Flood…

According to The Wall Street Journal, only a few farmers have planted crops a month after flooding prompted the Army Corps of Engineers to blow a two-mile hole in a levee that protected them from the Mississippi River for decades.

Farmers in Birds Point, MO are waiting for the levee to be rebuilt before they can replant their crops.

In areas where the floodwaters have actually receded, many farmers are now facing major erosion problems and damaged or destroyed buildings. Other farmland is still under water and all farmers face the threat of further flooding until the levees are repaired.

An Association member sent us the above image, which is said to have been taken in Southeast Missouri. ◆