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Post-flooding soil restoration with cover crops

Grassland Oregon · July 31, 2019

This article was written by Brent Jones, Sales and Iowa Research Farm Manager Grassland Oregon, and is republished with permission as part of AGDAILY’s focus on cover crops. As row crop and hay producers throughout the country navigate the recovery process from this spring and summer’s excessive flooding, attention is needed for what is happening below […]

Damaging weather impacts farmers and ranchers this spring

AGDAILY Reporters · May 21, 2019

Damaging weather such as hail, snow, tornadoes, and floods has been the perfect example of the uncontrollable aspects of being a farmer or rancher.

Farm Bureau urges House to pass relief bill for rural communities

AGDAILY Reporters · April 15, 2019

The bill provides $3 billion for farm disaster assistance administered through USDA’s Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program,

Here’s how to help Nebraska and other flood-damaged communities

Jessy Woodworth · March 21, 2019

It’s no secret that there is a crisis in the Midwest, mainly focused in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Here’s how to help.

Judge finds Corps of Engineers responsible for farm flooding

AGDAILY Reporters · March 14, 2018

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bears responsibility for causing recurrent flooding and damaging farms and property in four Midwest states along the Missouri River: Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. The ruling states that the government must compensate farmers, landowners, and business owners for the flood […]

Missouri farmers paddle out after historic flooding

Ann Hess, Former Staff Writer · May 5, 2017

Aaron Hackmann was happy to see the sun shining from his new ‘lakeside property in Chamois, Missouri after a week of heavy rain and historic flooding.

Do rains threaten to sink your farm’s profits? We have advice to help

Kacie Gaines · July 26, 2016

This past spring was one of the wettest on record for many of us in the agriculture community. Reports of flash flooding came streaming in when Texas received over 19 inches in 24 hours — a new record for Brenham, Texas, according to The Weather Channel. From Texas to Missouri, flooding reached new heights. Many of […]