Flood
A farm aid nonprofit is launching an effort to deliver donated hay to ranchers in flood-stricken Nebraska, resurrecting a program first used nearly two years ago to help cattle producers facing drought conditions.
National Reporter Betsy Jibben takes a look. Jibben talks with Justin Mensik of Morse Bluff, Nebraska; Dan Mensik of Morse Bluff, Nebraska; John Tyson of Blair, Nebraska and Tim Gregerson of Herman, Nebraska.
For decades, Peggy Sellars and her husband George have warily watched periodic floodwaters inundate the land around their home in the Mississippi Delta, but the dwelling always remained dry — until this year.
The Midwest is still at risk as spring rains fall and the snowpack melts
The Army Corps of Engineers increasing water levels this week at Gavins Point Dam. That’s a dam in the Southeast Corner of South Dakota on the Missouri River. Picture courtesy: KTIV
People living in Holt County, Missouri tried hard to keep floodwaters out of the city and now some residents say they may not rebuild.
Will extended spring flooding impact the markets?
AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben takes us to Crescent, Iowa for the latest I-80 Planting Tour. She talks with Don Rief, a farmer in Crescent, Iowa and Mike Naig, the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.
Some producers have had a few open days to plant, while others have fields underwater. We head to Fremont County, Iowa, one of the hardest hitting counties during the recent flooding in March. As AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben reports, not much has changed.
An ongoing lawsuit is over the way the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages the Missouri River and covers not only floods starting in 2007, but also future flooding, including the historic floods farmers in Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri are facing today.