Flood plan sparks farmer concerns over lost farmland, levee adjustments

A plan to reduce flood risk along the Missouri River concerns some Missouri and Iowa farmers. “This $32 billion plan would take 147,000 acres of Missouri’s best farmland out of production,” says Tom Waters, a farmer from Ray County, and chairman of the Missouri Levee and Drainage District Association. He says the draft Lower Missouri River Flood […]

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